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FAITH  CURES; 

OK, 


ANSWERS  TO  PRAM  IN  THE  HEALING  OF  THE  SICK. 


BY 

Charles  Cullis,  M.  D., 

AUXHOB  OF  “faith  CUKE3.” 


“  The  prayer  of  faith  Shall  save  the  sick,  and  the  Lord  shall  raise  him 
up.”  —  James  v.  15. 


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Copyright,  1881, 

By  CHARLES  CULLIS, 


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PEEFAOE. 


TWO  years  ago  I  issued  a  companion  volume  to  this, 
containing  an  account  of  some  seventy  “faith 
cures.”  That  book,  by  the  blessing  of  God,  has  been 
the  means  of  stimulating  the  faith  of  many  Christians, 
so  that  hundreds  have,  by  simple  faith,  been  enabled 
to  lay  hold  upon  God  for  the  healing  of  the  body  as 
well  as  the  soul. 

Faith  cures  are  multiplying.  Signs  are  not  wanting 
to  show  that  the  Lord  is  once  more  opening  the  ears 
of  His  people  to  His  voice  as  the  Healer  of  bodily 
maladies.  Not  only  is  this  branch  of  the  Lord’s  work 
growing  on  my  own  hands  at  home,  but  during  my 
recent  visit  in  England,  abundant  evidence  came  to  me 
in  various  ways,  that  the  Lord  is  also  preparing  His 
way  there,  for  a  full  restoration  of  the  early  faith  for 
healing.  Visitors  and  letters  asking  prayer  for  healing 
came  in  to  me  from  different  parts  of  London,  and 
from  other  places  far  and  near.  Testimonies  were 
given  b}^  many,  when  in  our  meetings  there  was  oppor- 


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PREFACE. 


tunity  for  it,  to  the  fact  that  the  Lord  had  both  healed 
them  in  body  and  blessed  them  in  spirit  in  answer  to 
the  prayer  of  faith,  according  to  James  v.  14,  15. 

Many  testimonies  were  given  substantially  like  this. 
The  words  of  one,  “  I  must  praise  the  Lord  for  His 
unspeakable  blessing  to  me.  He  has  healed  me 
entirely  in  body,  filled  me  with  His  spirit,  and  made 
me  happy  as  happy  can  be  all  the  day  long.’’ 

I  found  also  that  the  gifts  of  healing  are  given  to 
several  in  London,  in  greater  or  less  measure ;  and 
many  have  been  healed  through  their  prayers,  with  the 
laying  on  of  hands  and  anointing  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord. 

Another  sign  of  the  growing  interest  in  healing 
through  faith  is  this :  that  the  press  is  speaking  out 
upon  the  subject  more  and  more  distinctly  and  fre¬ 
quently"  in  books  and  tracts  and  periodicals. 

IMay  the  Lord  hasten  the  time  when  the  Church,  the 
body  of  Christ,  shall  no  more  be  of  doubtful  mind  or 
unbelieving  heart  in  regard  to  her  completeness  of 
supply  for  all  her  needs,  according  to  God’s  riches  in 
glory  by  Christ  Jesus. 

One  of  the  grand  features  of  this  gracious  and  glori¬ 
ous  work  is  that  healing  of  the  body  and  of  the  spirit 
go  hand  in  hand.  This  will  be  observed  in  both  the 
testimonies  given  before,  and  in  those  presented  in  this 
book,  in  every  case  in  which  anything  like  a  full  state- 


PREFACE. 


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ment  is  made  of  what  the  Lord  has  done  for  body  and 
soul. 

Would  that  more  of  the  healed  ones  might  bear 
witness  to  the  power  of  Jesus  as  the  Healer ;  and  tell 
more  fully  how  His  wonderful  blessings  for  body  and 
soul  have  kept  pace  with  each  other. 

Nothing  helps  others  to  believe  on  the  Lord  like 
the  distinct  testiniony  of  those  whom  He  has  blessed. 
The  Lord  bless  to  many  the  testimonies  here  given, 
and  multiply  His  witnesses  by  thousands.  He  will  do 
it :  glory  to  His  holy  name ! 

Charles  Cullis. 

16  Somerset  Street,  Boston. 


MOEB  FAITH  CURES; 

OB, 

Answers  to  Prayer  in  the  Healing  of  the  Sick, 


^  DESIRE  to  call  attention  to  the  fact  in  the  follow- 
3-  iiig  letter  —  and  it  is  only  one  of  many  similar 
instances  —  where  the  patient,  unable  to  visit  me, 
wrote  requesting  prayer  for  healing.  Some  have  been 
inclined  to  rob  God  of  His  glory  in  healing,  b}^  attrib¬ 
uting  some  power  to  my  personal  presence.  There  is 
no  point  that  I  desire  more  to  impress  upon  all  than 
this,  —  that  the  prayer  of  faith  is  only  the  hand  held 
out  to  receive  what  the  Father  alone  has  the  power  to 
give  ;  and  that  when  it  is  saW  in  James  v.,  “  The  prayer 
of  faith  shall  save  the  sick,’’  the  promise  is  not  com¬ 
plete  until  we  read  and  believe  that  “  The  Lord  shall 

RAISE  HIM  UP.” 

Port  Jackson,  N.  Y.,  June  8,  1878. 
Dr.  Charles  Cullis: 

Dear  Sir ^ — The  friend,  Mrs.  P - ,  in  whose  be¬ 

half  I  wrote  3^ou  a  few  weeks  since,  and  for  whose 


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MORE  FAITH  CURES  *, 


recovery  from  apparently  fatal  illness  you  kindly  con¬ 
sented  to  join  in  prayer  with  us,  wishes  me  to  write  a 
few  lines,  supposing  it  would  please  you  to  hear  of  the 
marked  improvement  in  her  health.  I'rom  the  time 
when  we  began  to  pray  in  this  peculiar  way,  there  has 
been  a  decided  change  in  her.  She  began  to  eat  well 
and  sleep  well ;  her  nervous  distress  abated,  and  then 
almost  disappeared ;  the  swelling  of  her  limbs  began  to 
decrease,  and  she  became  decidedly  convalescent.  Her 
recovery  is  quite  rapid  for  one  who  was  in  so  low  a 
state,  and  there  seems  now  to  be  nothing  in  the  way  of 
a  complete  restoration  to  health.  As  soon  as  she  be¬ 
comes  strong  enough  to  bear  the  excitement  of  writing, 
she  wishes  to  communicate  with  you  herself,  and  speak 
of  what  is  in  her  heart.  In  the  mean  time,  she  desired 
me  to  write  these  few  lines. 

I  trust  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when  every  one  of 
God’s  children  shall  be  strong  in  faith,  and  able  to  do 
all  things. 

Yours  in  Christian  bonds, 

Mrs.  M.  D.  M. 

The  promise  in  James,  I  feel,  belongs  to  the  church, 
the  body  of  Christ,  and  is  thus  especially  intended  for 
believers. 

Many  persons  come  to  me  who  are  unconverted, 
expecting  to  claim  this  promise.  I  say  to  them,  “  Do 
you  love  the  Lord  Jesus?  This  promise  belongs  to 
such  alone.”  Often  I  am  enabled  to  lead  these  persons 
at  the  moment  to  the  feet  of  Jesus  for  pardon  and 
immediate  acceptance  of  salvation  through  His  blood  ; 
hen  to  follow  with  the  truth  that  salvation  covers 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


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healing  of  body  also,  and  that  they  are  now  in  a  con¬ 
dition  to  claim  the  full  blessing.  I  think  this  is  in 
accordance  with  our  Saviour’s  own  example  as  recorded 
in  Matt.  ix.  2-8. 

In  other  cases  conviction  is  not  so  immediate ,  and 
after  recommending  these  to  God  in  prayer,  I  suggest 
that  they  go  to  their  own  privacy,  to  seek  light  in 
God’s  Word,  with  sincere  desire  for  a  knowledge  of 
the  great  salvation,  then  to  return  to  claim  all  God 
has  for  them.  In  many  of  these  latter  instances  God 
has  signally  answered  prayer.  The  wandering  soul  has 
returned  to  our  Father,  put  on  the  “best  robe”  with 
joy  and  rejoicing,  and  received  in  the  renewed  soul  and 
renewed  body  the  abiding  Guest,  and  all  unhindered 
has  started  out  into  a  new  life  of  service,  with  Thanks¬ 
giving. 


Peabody,  Mass.,  Jan.  3,  1879. 

My  Dear  Dr.  Cullis  : 

About  six  weeks  ago  I  called  on  you,  to  ask  your 
prayers  for  a  return  of  health,  as  I  had  been  unwell  for 
a  long  time  with  consumption.  You  asked  me  if  I  thought 
God  had  forgiven  my  sins,  and  if  I  was  a  Christian  ;  and 
I  told  you  I  never  had  thought  anything  about  it.  You 
asked  if  I  was  'willing  to  give  myself  to  Him.  I  said, 
“  Yes,”  and  you  praj^ed  for  me.  O  doctor,  that  prayer 
indeed  has  been  heard ;  for  from  that  day  I  have  had 
a  different  desire,  a  longing  to  do  Christ’s  will,  a  trust 
that  He  has  saved  me,  a  love  to  seek  Him  in  pra3mr  which 
never  before  was  mine,  “  a  new  life,”  as  you  might  say, 
and  I  would  like  to  have  you  thank  God  that  I  was  led 
to  turn  to  Him.  My  bodily  health  has  not  improved 


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MORE  FAITH  CURES  ; 


much,  but  God  worketh  all  things  together  for  good 
to  those  that  love  Him.  I  trust  that  your  good  work  is 
prospering  as  it  must.  Enclosed  find  a  small  sum  to 
be  used  as  you  desire  ;  and  praying  that  God  may  pros¬ 
per  you  in  your  undertakings, 

I  am  your  brother  in  Christ, 

C.  P.  J. 

South  Boston,  Jan.  13,  1879, 

Dear  Dr.  Cullis: 

I  know  it  will  give  you  joy  and  gladness  when  I  tell 
you  how  wonderfully  God  has  answered  your  prayer. 

Three  weeks  ago  I  presented  a  request  for  pra}^!’  (at 
the  Chapel)  for  a  brother,  who  had  once  been  a  devoted 
Christian ;  but  trouble  had  led  him  away  from  his 
Saviour,  he  had  become  addicted  to  taking  opium,  and 
was  fast  going  to  ruin.  Through  your  earnest,  believing 
prayers,  he  was  brought  to  review  his  life,  brought  to 
self-condemnation,  to  repentance,  to  a  renunciation  of 
all  that  was  wrong  ;  and  to  the  praise  and  glory  of  God, 
he  is  again  “  clothed,  and  in  his  right  mind.” 

I  cannot  tell  you  the  joy  and  peace  that  fills  his  soul : 
he  says  this  is  sufficient  proof  that  God  answers  youi 
prayers.  .  .  Yours  in  Christ, 

M.  D.  B. 


COLEBROOKDALE,  Pa.,  Jan.  19,  1879. 

Dr.  Cullis: 

Blessed  be  the  name  of  Jesus,  and  thanks  for  His 
precious  promises.  I  was  a  patient  for  eleven  years, 
with  a  weakness,  and  suffered  terribly  under  doctors’ 
hands,  who  told  me  that  I  was  incurable,  and  should 
make  up  my  mind  to  bear  my  burden,  as  it  was  given 
to  me.  It  seemed  hard  to  think  I  was  to  suffer  so  all 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


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my  life.  I  commenced  then  to  look  to  Jesus,  and 
prayed  often,  and  thought  if  I  only  could  touch  the 
hem  of  His  garment,  I  should  be  well.  One  day  I  got 
a  newspaper  into  my  hand,  and  read  of  a  sick  person 
who  was  cured  by  the  prayer  of  faith.  Two  weeks 
later  I  got  hold  of  another  newspaper,  which  told  all 
about  your  work  of  faith  in  Boston.  A  few  weeks 
afterwards  my  brother  sent  me  a  book  of  “Faith 
Cures,”  from  which  I  saw  wonderful  things  done,  such 
as  Christ  did  in  His  days  when  here  in  the  flesh.  I 
took  my  Bible,  and  searched  in  the  Scripture,  and  saw 
that  He  would  do  now  as  He  did  in  old  time ;  and 
that  the  rule  is,  “According  to  your  faith  be  it  unto 
you.”  That  conviction  never  left  my  mind.  I  prayed 
to  Jesus,  that  if  it  was  the  will  of  God  I  should  be 
healed,  to  make  it  known  to  me.  One  day  as  I  prayed, 
I  took  my  Bible  and  opened  it,  and  my  eyes  caught 
this :  “  Whatsoever  ye  shall  ask  in  prayer,  believing, 
ye  shall  receive.”  That  was  a  joy  to  my  soul :  I  knew 
Jesus  was  speaking.  I  saw  that  the  Bible  was  full  of 
such  precious  promises,  and  that  all  who  believed  were 
healed.  I  was  afraid  my  faith  was  not  strong  enough, 
and  that  I  could  not  go  alone.  Then  the  sweet  thought 
was  given  to  me,  “Fear  not,  nor  be  3"e  dismayed;  I 
am  with  you.”  I  then  began  to  trust  in  the  Lord, 
that  if  it  was  His  will,  I  should  be  healed.  I  left  for 
Boston,  feeling  sure  that  I  was  to  be  healed  of  the 
Great  Ph^^sician.  The  first  time  you  prayed  with  me, 
I  was  strengthened  in  body  and  soul ;  and  after  the 
second  time,  I  felt  like  praising  the  Lord  the  whole 
night,  because  I  felt  so  strong ;  and  the  last  time, 
I  had  to  shed  tears  of  joy,  for  my  most  merciful 


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MORE  FAITH  CURES  ; 


Saviour,  in  a  sweet  voice,  said,  “  Go,  thy  faith  hath 
made  thee  whole.”  I  went  home  rejoicing  in  the  Lord, 
and  I  am  perfectly  healed.  I  have  now  better  health 
than  I  have  had  for  twelve  years.  But,  doctor,  when 
yon  read  the  letter,  pray  that  I  may  be  strengthened 
more  in  my  faith ;  because  every  step  I  go  forward 
ought  to  be  by  faith,  that  I  may  come  closer  to  Jesus, 
and  serve  and  praise  Him  as  long  as  I  breathe.  Oh 
that  the  love  of  God  may  burn  in  all  souls  !  May  God 
bless  and  spare  you  long  yet,  in  this  His  good  work, 
that  many  souls  may  be  brought  to  Christ.  To  Him 
be  aU  the  glory  !  Jesus,  blessed  Jesus! 

Yours  in  Christ, 

Mrs.  O.  S. 

Brattleboro’,  Dec.  5,  1878, 
My  Dear  Friend,  —  In  His  own  good  time,  and  in 
His  own  good  way,  the  dear  Lord  came  and  left  me, 
“  even  me,”  the  blessing  you  and  I  and  some  others 
had  been  praying  for :  I  am  weU.  Before  I  went  to 
sleep  on  Saturday  night,  I  asked  the  dear  Lord  to  let 
it  come  in  any  way  at  all :  to  let  me  drink  it,  let  me 
feel  it  in  my  veins,  or  let  me  feel  it  as  I  did  the  bap¬ 
tism  of  the  Spirit,  or  let  it  come  whilst  I  slept :  I 
believed  it  would  come,  for  He  had  told  me  that  His 
Word  should  not  pass  away.  I  slept  sweetly  until  four 
o’clock,  and  when  I  awoke  I  was  well !  I  thanked 
God,  but  made  no  unusual  stir  until  eight  o’clock. 
Then  I  arose  and  dressed,  and  sat  up,  and  walked  all 
about  the  house,  something  I  had  not  done  for  over 
eighteen  months.  I  do  thank  you  for  your  prayers,  and 
pray  God  to  abundantly  bless  you,  which  is  all  I  can 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


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do.  During  the  past  eight  years  I  have  spent  all  my 
living  with  physicians,  and  only  grew  worse. 

Only  He  who  loves  you  and  me  can  know  how  thank¬ 
ful  I  feel  that  the  Healer  has  been  here.  I  have  so 
many  to  call  that  my  time  is  all  taken  up  in  telling  the 
story.  I  am  not  very  strong,  but  I  find  my  strength  is 
coming.  Please  pray  for  me  that  it  may  increase,  and 
that  I  may  be  a  power  for  good.  As  1  tell  the  story, 
the  tears  start  from  all  eyes.  I  feel  like  saying,  ‘‘  Let 
everything  that  hath  breath  praise  the  Lord !  ’  ’ 

Yours  in  the  love  of  Christ, 

L.  H.  D. 

Tallahassee,  Fla.,  Dec.  22,  1878. 

Dear  Dr.  Cullis  : 

Please  accept  this  small  offering  for  the  Lord. 

Ever  since  you  prayed  for  my  husband  to  recover 
his  health,  last  year,  his  health  has  continued  to  improve, 
and  now  it  is  fully  established.  I  thank  God  every  day. 

We  ought  to  be  better  Christians  than  we  are,  the 
Lord  has  been  so  good  to  us. 

Please  ask  God,  dear  friend,  to  keep  us  and  use  us 
for  Himself,  in  the  place  He  has  put  us. 

Your  friend  and  sister  in  the  Lord, 

Mrs.  M.  L.  G. 

Ramapo,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  9. 

My  Dear  Doctor  : 

I  am  happy  to  be  able  to  report  the  man  for  whom 
you  prayed,  as  very  much  better.  He  broke  out  in  a 
very  copious  sweat  about  midnight,  —  time  not  known 
to  a  certainty,  might  have  been  near  one,  but  at  any 
rate  it  was  about  the  time  you  prayed  for  him.  Praise 
God.  S.  G.  C. 


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MOEE  FAITH  CUEES  ; 


South  Vernon,  Vt.,  Feb.  25. 

Dr.  Cullis: 

Dear  Sir,  —  I  visited  the  Home  for  Consumptives  a 
few  weeks  since,  and  now  shall  feel  more  interested 
than  ever  in  the  work.  I  received  the  Report  of  last 
year  which  you  sent,  and  thank  you  for  it.  I  am 
here  with  my  cousin,  who  was  healed  in  answer  to  your 
prayer,  and  she  will  add  a  few  words.  I  will  close, 
praying  God  will  bless  you  in  your  great  work. 

E.  M.  D. 

Dear  Dr.  Cullis: 

I  take  this  opportunity  of  thanking  ou  for  the  Re¬ 
port  I  received  a  few  weeks  ago.  1  have  been  blessed 
and  encouraged  in  reading  its  pages,  and  stimulated  to 
more  activity,  and  still  greater  faith  in  the  Master’s 
work.  I  ever  hold  you  in  grateful  and  prayerful  re¬ 
membrance,  as  being  an  instrument  in  God’s  hand  of  my 
entire  and  immediate  recovery  to  health.  Months  ago 
I  should  have  been  in  my  grave,  had  not  the  Great 
Physician  come  to  my  rescue.  No  words  can  express 
my  gratitude  to  you  as  the  instrument,  and  to  Him  as 
the  Giver.  JNIy  life  and  all  I  have  are  all  His  own,  to 
do  with  as  He  pleases.  No  wiU,  but  a  union  with  His 
own,  is  my  earnest  prayer,  I  still  am  well,  with  no 
symptoms  of  consumption’s  hold  on  my  system  again. 
Praise  His  holy  name  ! 

I  praise  the  dear  Lord  for  the  work  He  has  given  me 
to  do.  It  is  very  sweet  to  me.  I  would  be  glad  to 
send  you  some  money  now,  but  perhaps  I  may  be  able 
some  other  time.  I  know  our  God  will  richly  supply 
all  your  needs,  for  He  is  j^our  refuge,  and  His  everlast¬ 
ing  arms  are  beneath.  Yours  in  the  love  of  Christ, 

Mrs.  G.  E.  G. 


OK,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


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Milford,  Mass.,  March  20. 

Dr.  Cullis  : 

Dear  Sir,  —  I  have  long  neglected  to  write  you,*but 
have  not  forgotten  how  kind  you  have  been  to  pray  for 
me.  I  feel  to-day  that  my  arm  is  cured,  which  had 
pained  me  for  six  months.  I  applied  to  five  or  six  doc¬ 
tors  and  found  no  permanent  relief.  I  decided  then  to 
see  you  and  ask  3^ou  to  pra}-  for  me ;  and  you  did  so, 
and  that  very  night  the, pain  ceased.  I  was  so  happy 
that  I  could  not  sleep,  and  arose  from  my  bed  to  give 
thanks  unto  God  for  his  goodness  in  healing  me  ;  and  I 
now  thank  you  for  j^our  prayers  and  faith.  I  do  wish 
that  everj"  one  had  more  faith  in  praj-er.  I  hope  you 
will  still  continue  to  pray  for  me  that  I  may  be  a 
faithful  follower  of  Jesus.  May  God  bless  3"OU,  is  the 
pra^^er  of  your  friend, 

M.  B.  B. 

Hallowell,  Me.,  March  22. 

Dear  Dr  Cullis  : 

I  know  you  will  be  as  glad  to  hear  as  I  am  to  tell 
3'ou  that  I  have  steadity  gained  in  health,  strength,  and 
courage  ever  since  I  left  Boston  in  Januar3^  I  breathe 
as  easily  and  naturally  as  any  one,  can  walk,  ride,  go 
up  and  down  stairs,  do  light  housework,  sew,  etc., 
and  have  strength  sufficient  to  meet  all  the  necessarj^ 
demands  made  upon  it.  I  am  very  careful  not  to  waste 
any  of  the  strength  God  gives  me  by  doing  unnecessary 
things.  The  dear  Lord  knows  I  can’t  do  hard  things, 
and  he  doesn’t  give  them  to  me  to  do.  All  the  dread¬ 
ful  sick  feeling  has  gone,  and  I  feel  well.  I  wonder  at 
myself  sometimes,  and  lU}^  friends  wonder  all  the  time, 
to  see  me  so  well.  The  Lord  blesses  me  every  day 


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MORE  FAITH  CURES  ; 


more  than  I  can  ask  or  think,  and  fills  me  with  the 
“joy  of  the  Lord.”  How  can  I  ever  be  thankful 
enough  for  all  His  mercies  to  me?  Will  3’ou  please 
pray  earnestly  for  my  dear  mother’s  restoration  to 
health,  who  is  suffering  from  physical  prostration,  but 
whose  faith  is  strong  in  the  Lord’s  healing  power? 
Don’t  forget  me  in  your  prayers.  God  bless  you 
always.  Yours  in  the  faith, 

E.  F.  L. 

Hopkinton,  March  24,  1879. 

Dr.  Charles  Cullis  : 

Dear  Sir,  —  My  daughter  Eunie  has  been  very 
anxious  to  make  some  acknowledgment  to  3"ou  for 
the  kindness  3"ou  showed  her  when  she  has  been  in 

Boston,  and  sends  5^ou  for  the  Consumptives’  Home - . 

I  regret  very  much  it  Is  not  in  my  power  at  present 
to  do  more.  I  wish  to  sa^^  a  word  in  regard  to  Eunie. 
She  is  gradually  growing  better.  Her  form  has  changed, 
and  now  her  hips  are  perfectly  in  line.  She  steps  flat 
with  both  feet,  something  she  never  did  until  she  saw 
you.  Dr.  Lake  says,  “No  human  power  could  effect 
such  a  change.”  Therefore,  to  God  we  give  the  praise. 
God  speed  you  in  the  good  work,  is  the  constant 
prayer  of  Yours  in  Christ, 

Wm.  Y.,  Jr. 

Hopkinton,  Sept.  7,  1878. 

Dr.  Cullis: 

Dear  Sir,  —  Thinking  that  perhaps  you  would  like 
to  know  how  m3"  lameness  is  getting  along,  I  will  write 
you  a  few  words.  As  soon  as  I  got  home,  my  friends 
noticed  immediately  how  much  better  I  walked.  I 
have  been  improving  ever  since  I  came  home,  not 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


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only  in  walking  but  I  am  not  nearly  as  one-sided  as 
I  was  when  I  got  home.  ’  So  1  am  sure,  if  I  only 
believe  in  Him,  the  Lord  will  cure  me  entirely.  I  feel 
very  grateful  to  you  for  your  help  and  sympathy. 

Kespectfully  yours, 

Eunie  Y. 

FREDO^UA,  N.  Y.,  March  24. 

Mr.  Cullts  : 

Dear  Friend^  — Your  letter  was  received,  and  at  the 
appointed  time  we  went  to  the  Lord  with  our  petition, 
and  we  do  indeed  feel  we  have  “  touched  the  hem  of  His 
garment.”  Mother  felt  the  magnetic  power  of  Christ, 
and  is  very  happy  in  believing  He  has  accepted  her, 
bod}^  and  soul,  to  heal.  She  is  better,  being  much  re¬ 
lieved  of  lameness,  and  we  believe  we  shall  continue  to 
receive  a  blessing,  as  we  have  for  months  past,  daily ; 
and  that  “  He  will  forgive  our  sins  and  heal  our  dis¬ 
eases.” 

Will  3^ou  still  remember  our  case  before  the  Lord  ? 

We  are  very  grateful  for  your  motherly  kindness,  and 
prayer  in  our  behalf. 

We  enclose  a  mite  for  your  use  for  whatever  the  day’s 
needs  may  be,  with  a  prayer  for  the  work. 

With  hearts  full  of  thanksgiving  to  God,  and  love 
toward  all,  we  are  yours  in  Christ, 

J.  M.  S.  and  Mrs.  B. 

Lowell,  Mass.,  Jan.  27,  1879. 

Dr.  Cullts: 

“  Eejoice  with  those  that  rejoice.”  Yes,  doctor,  I 
am  a  great  deal  better,  and  my  friends  are  all  perfectly 
astonished  and  delighted.  Three  weeks  ago  to-day,  we 


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MORE  FAITH  CURES  ; 


asked  the  Lord  to  cure  me  of  this  nervous  prostration, 
and  to  restore  me  to  perfect  health,  if  it  was  His  will. 
The  excessive  nervousness  left  me,  even  while  we  were 
praying,  and  has  not  returned. 

Tuesday,  the  14th,  we  asked  Him  to  grant  me  quiet 
sleep  through  the  whole  night,  and  to  remove  the 
cough  and  its  cause  He  granted  the  sleep  at  once, 
and  the  cough  has  almost  left  me.  I  saw  you  again 
on  the  20th,  and  asked  the  Lord  to  remove  the  un¬ 
natural  heat  from  my  head.  Before  we  rose,  my  head 
felt  cool,  and  my  bowels  have  been  perfectly  regular 
ever  since.  For  two  years  I  have  suffered  almost  in- 
cessanth^  either  from  constipation  or  diarrhoea. 

I  wish  I  could  tell  you  that  I  am  perfectl}^  well,  but  I 
am  very  far  from  being  strong. 

Sincerely  yours, 


L.  C.  K. 


Augusta,  Me.,  April  27,  1879. 

Dll.  CuLLis : 

Dear  Sir^  — According  to  promise,  I  will  write  you, 
telling  you  of  m^'  restored  health,  and  of  the  test  of 
my  faith  since  1  saw  you,  which  was  nine  days  ago.  I 
came  home  believing  that  I  was  healed,  and  that  the 
work  was  done  ;  but  for  days  the  past  week  my  troubles 
were  even  worse  than  before  I  went  to  you.  Still,  I 
had  the  blessed  assurance  that  my  health  would  be 
restored,  and  I  clung  to  my  faith  and  trust  in  Gpd  ;  and 
suddenly  my  distress  left  me,  which  was  last  evening, 
and  such  a  sweet  sleep  I  have  not  enjo3"ed  for  four 
years  as  last  night.  To-day  I  walked  to  church,  and  it 
seemed  as  though  I  had  a  new  back.  God  be  praised 
for  the  faith  and  trust  I  have  in  Him  !  Now,  let  me  ask 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


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you  to  pray  for  me,  that  I  may  ever  cling  to  Jesus, 
whatever  may  be  my  trials  or  afflictions. 

For  four  years  I  have  sulfered  extremely.  The  last 
year  every  nerve  in  m}’'  spine  seemed  to  be  affected  ; 
my  arms  and  my  eyes  also.  Medical  treatment  did  no 
good  ;  but  reading  and  hearing  of  you  and  the  cures  by 
the  prayer  of  faith,  and  taking  God’s  word  for  my 
guide,  I  decided  to  go  to  you,  and  God  in  His  wisdom 
and  goodness  has  abundantly  blessed  me.  To  Him  is 
all  praise  due,  and  may  His  great  blessings  be  continu¬ 
ally  poured  out  upon  you,  His  true  servant,  and  thanks 
be  to  you  for  the  assistance  you  gave  me.  The  words 
you  spoke  to  me  and  the  blessings  you  pronounced 
upon  me  I  hope  never  to  forget 

Please  remember  me  in  your  prayers. 

Very  respectfully  yours, 

Mrs.  E.  R.  W. 

Union,  Me.,  May  2,  1879. 

Dear  Dr.  Cullis  : 

The  thought  comes  to  me  to-da}^,  ftiat  perhaps  I  am 
too  long  withholding  my  testimony  as  to  the  result  of 
3^our  prayer  of  faith,  offered  in  my  behalf  Feb.  15.  I 
have  not  intended  to  rob  God  of  the  glory  His  due,  but 
heart  and  hands  have  been  full  of  work  for  the  blessed 
Master,  and  I  have  delayed  writing.  I  hardly  know 
how  to  express  m3^self  when  I  realize  what  wonderful 
things  God  has  done  for  my  soul  and  bodj"  since  my 
first  visit  to  you.  Previous  to  that  time  I  had  suffered 
from  chronic  diseases,  and  for  over  five  years  had  many 
attacks  of  neuralgia  that  had  baffled  the  skill  of  some 
eminent  physicians.  For  nearly  three  months  before 


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MORE  FAITH  CURES  ; 


seeing  you ,  I  was  a  continuous  sufferer  from  this  dis¬ 
ease,  which  the  latter  part  of  the  time  extended  to  my 
right  arm.  God  plainly  directed  me  to  go  to  see  3^011, 
and  I  can  sa}^  to  the  praise  of  our  dear  Heavenly 
Father,  that  1  have  not  had  one  neuralgia  pain  since 
you  praj^ed  for  me,  and  am  well  in  other  respects.  Idie 
healing  power  came  as  you  talked  with  God,  repeating 
the  passage  of  Scripture  found  in  James  v.  14,  15,  and 
continued  with  me  over  a  week,  and  was  most  precious 
to  my  soul ;  and  what  can  I  say  in  regard  to  the  baptism 
of  the  Spirit  that  came  flooding  my  entire  being,  as  the 
result  of  m^’^  new  consecration  to  Him  ?  I  can  only  refer 
to  this  promise,  Jer.  xxxiii.  3.  Glor}^  be  to  Jesus  !  I 
have  never  known  such  days  as  these,  spiritually.  God 
manifests  Himself  to  me  as  never  before,  and  gives  me 
perfect  victory  over  sin.  Nothing  seems  too  great  to  ask 
of  Him,  and  I  have  sweet  and  signal  answers  to  praj^er. 
1  am  kept  in  perfect  peace,  and  experience  a  sacred 
nearness  to  God  that  I  would  not  exchange  for  the  great¬ 
est  honors  of  this  world.  My  soul  sa^'s  continually, 
“  Bless  the  Lord,  O  my  soul,  and  all  that  is  within  me 
bless  His  holy  name.”  Oh  that  all  God’s  children  could 
know  the  fulness  of  His  power,  and  be  saved  to  the 
uttermost.  My  soul  is  full  to  overflowing  with  His 
divine  love.  Blessed  Jesus  !  I  hope  that  you  will  pray 
for  me  that  I  continue  to  live  near  to  God  and  do  His 
whole  will.  If  there  is  anything  in  my  testimony  that 
3'ou  can  use  to  the  glory  of  God,  I  am  willing,  for  He 
has  done  great  things  for  me. 

Yours  in  Christ, 


A.  M.  C. 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


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Litchfield,  Conn.,  May  8,  1879. 

My  Dear  Dr.  Cullis  : 

It  was  three  weeks  yesterday  (April  16)  since  I 
called  at  3’oor  office  to  see  you  about  my  health.  You 
desired  me  to  write  in  a  few  weeks,  so  I  take  this 
opportunity.  I  feel  I  have  been  greatly  helped,  and 
am  thankful  I  went  to  see  you. 

I  want  to  tell  you  more  about  my  disease,  that  you 
may  understand  my  case  better.  I  have  had,  I  think, 
an  unusual  form  of  dyspepsia  of  about  five  years’ 
standing.  What  has  been  peculiar  about  it  and  given 
me  the  most  trouble  has  been  a  craving  appetite,  that  I 
could  not  control  or  withstand  in  my  own  strength. 
This  craving  would  come  on  at  any  time,  but  oftener  an 
hour  or  two  after  eating.  Sometimes  it  would  leave 
me  for  a  week  or  more,  only  to  return  worse  than  ever. 
I  would  become  discouraged,  and  yield  to  it  without 
restraint,  using  food  I  knew  to  be  wrong,  till  this  had 
become  so  fixed  upon  me  that  I  was  like  a  drunkard, 
and  could  not  help  myself.  After  every  excess  I  would 
seek  pardon  of  God,  and  try  again,  looking  to  Him  for 
strength  to  overcome  it.  I  did  not  ask  Him  to  remove 
it,  for  I  did  not  think  He  would  take  it  all  away  then. 
Now,  I  believe  He  has  done  it  in  answer  to  the  prayer 
of  faith.  I  believed  it  when  you  prayed  with  me,  and 
I  felt  it  and  knew  it  every  day  till  last  Thursday,  when 
I  did  wrong,  and  it  returned.  I  am  very  fond  of  fruit, 
and  ate  raw  apples,  and  think  this  was  the  cause.  You 
may  remember  my  asking  you  if  I  could  use  fruit,  and 
your  telling  me  to  use  fruit  and  vegetables  freely.  Now 
fruit  has  been,  I  think,  the  cause  of  the  sore  tongue  and 
the  raw  places  and  canker  about  the  mouth.  One  phy- 


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sician  told  me  that  eating  fruit  to  excess  had  been  one 
cause  of  my  trouble.  Nearly  every  doctor  speaks  of 
the  healthfulness  of  fruit,  and  I  thought  if  God  cured 
me  I  could  use  it,  but  felt  willing  to  give  it  up  entirely. 
I  have  never  had  much  pain  after  eating,  but  often 
great  nervousness  and  irritability.  This  all  left  me, 
and  my  strength  improved  greatly,  and  I  felt  the  peace 
and  love  of  God  in  my  heart  constantly,  till  I  yielded, 
in  a  measure,  to  appetite,  when  I  felt  condemnation 
and  doubt.  Sometimes  I  think  it  was  a  want  of  faith, 
and  not  the  food,  that  caused  the  trouble. 

Yours  in  Christ, 

W.  B.  W. 

West  Concord,  N.  H.,  May  11,  1879. 

'  Dr.  Cullis  : 

Dear  Sir^ — You  will  remember  my  calling  on  you 
less  than  one  month  ago,  and  asking  if  you  ever  prayed 
for  those  who  stammered.  I  must  confess  I  entered 
your  office  with  wavering  faith,  not  looking  upon  stam¬ 
mering  as  a  disease^  although  for  days  previous  my 
constant  praj^er  had  been  for  an  increase  of  faith. 

After  your  prayer  I  had  that  confidence  that  I  could 
talk,  that  I  had  never  before  experienced.  During 
my  journey  homeward  my  faith  grew  stronger  and 
stronger,  and  on  my  arrival  home,  the  first  thing  I 
felt  impelled  to  do  was,  to  fall  upon  my  knees  and 
thank  God  that  the  fetters  with  which  I  had  been 
bound  these  man}^  3^ears  were  loosed.  I  speak  so 
freely  now,  that  at  times  I  am  a  wonder  to  myself. 
I  learn  that  my  ready  speaking  causes  remarks  to  be 
made  by  those  who  have  known  me  from  childhood. 
All  I  say  is,  Give  God  the  glory.  Please  pray  for  me 
still,  that  it  may  never  return. 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


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A  few  hours  since,  I  came  from  the  sick-bed  of'  a 
3’ounger  sister,  a  Christian  woman,  who  has  for  three 
weeks  suffered  intensely  from  pain.  She  has  been  in 
that  way  for  ^^e^rs,  neglecting  to  doctor,  until  now  she 
is  confined  to  her  bed.  She  knows  of  my  cure,  and 
when  1  asked  if  I  should  write  to  you  to  pray  that  the 
pain  might  be  taken  away,  she  said,  “  Oh,  yes.”  She 
is  suffering  so  much  that  perhaps  she  has  n’t  the  faith 
that  I  have  for  her,  and  will  j^ou  ask  God  to  give  her 
faith  that  she  may  be  healed ;  also  to  take  awa}^  the 

pain.  My  sister.  Miss  H - ,  wishes  me  to  sa}^  for  her 

that  she  still  continues  to  gain,  and  her  faith  is  strong. 
Yours  with  Christian  regard, 

L.  F.  H. 


RESTORED  BY  PRAYER. 

THE  CASE  OP  THE  BET.  W.  H.  SWARTZ,  WHO  WAS  CUBED  OP  SEVERE  * 

ILLNESS. 

[Frovi  the  Pittsburg  Commercial.'] 

Rev.  W.  H.  Swartz,  of  Beaver  P’alls,  Pa.,  who 
graduated  in  the  class  of  ’77,  Allegheny  College, 
preached  at  the  State  Street  Church,  Meadville,  night 
before  last,  when  he  said  it  was  not  his  intention  to 
preach  a  sermon,  but  to  give  testimonj^ ;  and  he  re¬ 
lated  a  wonderful  story  of  the  efficacy  of  prayer  in 
restoring  him  to  health,  which  in  brief  is  as  follows : 
After  his  graduation  he  received  an  appointment  from 
the  Erie  Conference  to  preach  at  Ridgway,  Pa.  Af¬ 
ter  a  few  months’  labor  he  was  stricken  with  disease, 
and  was  compelled  to  resign  his  charge.  After  being 
compelled  to  leave  his  work  at  Ridgway,  he  went  to 
his  father’s  home,  near  Beaver  Falls,  where  he  grew 


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rapidly  worse ;  but  through  the  aid  of  eminent  physi¬ 
cians,  he  was  partially  cured  several  times,  but  relapsed 
into  a  worst  condition  each  time.  Two  visits  were 
made  to  Clifton  Springs,  but  finally  medicine  failed  to 
havm  any  effect  upon  his  system,  and  a  gradual  but 
sure  decline  was  taking  place.  He  had  become  so  bad 
that  he  could  not  read  or  converse,  when  a  letter  was 
received  from  his  brother,  Clark  Swartz,  who  is  now 
in  Boston,  Mass.,  stating  that  Rev.  Dr.  Cullis,  of 
that  city,  had  performed  many  wonderful  cures  by 
prayer,  if  it  was  the  Lord’s  will  that  the  patient  should 
be  cured.  Accordingly  a  letter  was  written  and  de¬ 
livered  to  Dr.  Cullis  by  the  brother.  Upon  receiving 
the  letter  he  knelt  in  prayer,  and  upon  arising,  said, 
“Tell  your  brother  he  will  be  well.”  The  word  reached 
the  invalid  on  the  seventh  day  of  April,  when  he  also 
knelt  in  fervent  prayer.  On  the  8th  he  was  much 
better,  and  on  the  9th  arose  from  his  bed  in  perfect 
health,  both  physically  and  mentally,  and  has  been  so 
ever  since,  able  to  work  on  his  father’s  farm  during 
the  week  and  to  preach  every  Sunday.  After  deliver¬ 
ing  the  above  testimony,  demonstrating  that  miracles 
are  performed  in  this  age,  Rev.  Swartz  made  an  ear¬ 
nest  plea,  telling  the  lessons  to  be  learned  from  his 
experience,  and  impressing  the  audience  with  the  power 
of  faith  and  the  efficacy  of  pra^mr. 

We  now  present  a  letter  received  from  Brother 
Swartz  :  — 

Beaver  Falls,  Pa.,  May  19,  1879. 

Dr.  Cullis  : 

Dear  Brother  in  Christy  —  I  received  a  card  from 
my  brother,  bearing  your  request  that  I  communicate 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


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to  you  the  facts  of  my  recovery  at  the  hand  of  the  Lord. 
I  had  purposed  writing  to  you  within  a  few  days. 
Ever  since  the  Lord  healed  me,  I  have  been  telling  to 
public  assemblies,  to  individuals,  and  to  distant  friends 
through  correspondence,  this  wondrous  work  which  the 
Lord  hath  wrought  for  me.  Cheerfully  do  I  acquaint 
you  with  the  facts  connected  with  my  recovery,  for  m3’ 
heart  is  full  of  joy  and  gratitude  to  m}^  blessed  Master 
for  His  wondrous  love  and  power  as  manifested  unto  me. 

In  October,  1877,  engaged  in  the  ministry  at  Ridg- 
way,  Pa.,  I  felt  the  first  indications  of  disease.  I 
continued  my  work,  hoping  that  time  would  restore  me. 
But  I  grew  worse,  and  six  months  after  the  first  evi¬ 
dences  of  disease,  my  nervous  S3’stem  was  completely 
prostrated.  I  gave  up  m3’  work  and  returned  to  my 
present  home,  Beaver  Falls,  Pa.  From  April  23,  1878, 
the  time  of  m3"  return,  until  Sept.  18,  the  record  of  my 
sickness  was  one  of  progress  toward  health  ;  and  then, 
through  over-exertion,  my  condition  was  reversed. 
I  then.  Sept.  18,  went  to  Clifton  Springs,  N.  Y., 
for  treatment,  remaining  there  twelve  weeks.  I  re¬ 
turned  to  m3’  home  much  improved  in  health ;  but 
through  over-exertion,  b3’  Jan.  1,  1879,  I  found  myself 
as  poorl3"  as  ever.  From  that  time  until  Feb.  20,  by 
great  care  and  the  taking  of  medicine,  I  made  some 
little  improvement.  Then,  without  any  cause,  I  began 
to  grow  worse,  in  spite  of  the  greatest  care  and  the 
taking  of  various  medicines.  A  medicine  that  prior 
to  this  time  had  always  relieved  my  condition  and 
built  up  my  system,  now  availed  not.  Some  of  tl;ie 
members  of  my  home  and  other  friends  grew  alarmed 
about  me,  and^predicted  that  I  would  not  recover. 


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But,  dear  brother,  in  December,  1872,  in  answer  to 
the  prayer  of  faith,  the  Lord  healed  me  of  the  disease 
of  sin.  And  now,  when  bodily  disease  came  upon  me, 
I  prayed  earnestly  unto  the  Lord  that  He  would  restore 
me  to  health,  so  that  I  might  accomplish  the  work  He 
had  given  me  to  do.  There  never  came  to  me  a  doubt 
during  m};^  eighteen  months  of  sickness  but  that  I  would 
be  well  again. 

On  the  evening  of  the  sixteenth  da}^^  of  March  last 
my  thoughts  were  directed  to  the  passage  of  Scripture, 
James  v.  14,  15.  As  I  studied  God’s  positive  promise, 
“The  prayer  of  faith  shall  save  the  sick,”  I  came  to 
the  conclusion  that  through  lack  of  faith  I  did  not  know 
the  Lord’s  will  concerning  me,  and  that  through  lack 
of  faith  I  prevented  His  healing  me,  if  such  was  His 
will.  My  brother  had  sent  me  your  “  Work  of  Faith,” 
which  I  read  with  much  interest,  and  believed  it.  That 
evening  the  thought  came  into  my  mind :  ‘  ‘  Why  not 
write  to  Dr.  Cullis,  and  request  him  to  pray  for  me?” 
The  next  morning  that  thought  was  still  with  me.  I 
believed  it  to  be  the  spirit  of  God  directing  me,  and  I 
sat  down  and  wrote  you  the  request.  This  was  part 
of  the  answer  you  sent  me  through  my  brother :  “  Tell 
your  brother  he  will  be  well.”  I  praised  the  Lord  for 
this  answer  ;  and  then  I  reasoned  that,  since  means  had 
failed  to  restore  me.,  and  since  it  teas  the  Lord's  will  that 
I  should  be  well.,  there  must  be  some  hindering  cause 
within  myself,  or  He  would  note  heal  me.  I  turned  to 
the  Lord  in  very  earnest  prayer,  until,  through  grace 
given,  I  was  perfectly  submitted  unto  Him.,  and  praised 
Him  continually.  Also  I  prayed  more  earnestly  for  the 
salvation  of  others  than  for  my  own  recovery.  I  con- 


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tinned  thus  for  ten  days,  holding  right  on  to  the  Lord, 
and  praising  Him.  Then  the  Lord  healed  me.  On  the 
evening  of  April  7,  instantly  there  came  over  me  a 
marked  change  for  the  better.  I  believed  the  Lord 
was  healing  me,  and  I  praised  Him.  Upon  April  8  the 
change  was  still  more  marked,  and  on  the  morning  of 
April  9  X  rose  from  sleep  entirely  recovered.  Ever 
since  that  morning  I  have  been  engaged  in  the  activ¬ 
ities  of  life,  studying  the  Word,  and  preaching,  and 
doing  manual  labor ;  and  though  I  engage  in  these  with 
much  vigor,  1  have  experienced  not  the  slightest  detri¬ 
ment.  The  cure  U  perfect. 

But  I  have  something  more  wonderful  still  to  relate. 
I  have  had  upon  my  person  for  more  than  twelve 
years  a  defect  pronounced  incurable  by  physicians. 
The  Lord  heeded  this  also.  I  have  tested  this  fully, 
and  it  is  a  fact.  How  true  is  His  word  !  (Eph.  iii.  20). 

The  healing  of  this  body  has  been  a  great  thing,  but 
it  is  only  a  part  of  that  which  the  Lord  hath  done  for 
me.  Through  affliction  and  His  healing  power  He  has 
taught  me  very  precious  lessons.  He  has  shown  me 
that  I  am  nothing,  except  as  He  doth  fill  me.  He  has 
shown  unto  me  the  emptiness  of  this  world.  He  has 
taught  me  a  wondrous  lesson  of  faith  through  His  heal¬ 
ing  power.  Now  I  know  that  “all  things  work  to¬ 
gether  for  good  to  them  that  love  God”  (Rom.  viii 
28). 

I  am  praising  the  Lord  continually.  I  send  this  out 
with  the  prayer  that  God  will  bless  from  this  testimony 
in  strengthening  the  faith  of  those  who  read.  I  do 
remember  you  daily  in  prayer. 

Your  brother  in  Christ, 

W.  H.  Swartz. 


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MORE  FAITH  CURES  ; 


Ocean  Grove,  N.  J.,  May  27,  1879. 

Dr.  C.  Cuijas: 

Dear  Brother^  —  I  am  glad  of  the  opportunity  to  fur¬ 
nish  you  and  the  public,  over  my  own  signature,  the  fol¬ 
lowing  facts,  to  be  used  as  you  may  deem  best  for  the 
glory  of  God.  Prior  to  the  time  referred  to,  my  mind 
had  been  strongly  prejudiced  against  certain  views  of 
the  question  of  healing  in  answer  to  prayer,  which  had 
been  avowed  by  some  excellent  and  wise  brethren  of 
my  acquaintance.  The  facts  they  asserted  I  could  not 
dispute ;  yet,  for  what  reason  I  cannot  say,  I  was 
unfavorably  impressed  in  regard  to  the  general  subject, 
and  up  to  the  time  of  the  occurrences  of  which  I  now 
speak,  I  was  not  a  little  troubled  in  regard  to  the  effect 
likely  to  be  produced  by  the  prominence  given  to  this 
question.  In  company  with  Rev.  W.  Macdonald,  in 
the  winter  of  1871,  I  was  engaged  in  special  religious 
services  in  the  Bromfield  Street  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  of  Boston.  Prior  to  this  meeting,  in  conse¬ 
quence  of  the  lingering  effects  of  a  sunstroke  at  Ur- 
bana,  O.,  I  had  suspended  all  ministerial  labor,  and 
for  several  weeks  had  been  resting,  hoping  to  regain 
my  usual  strength.  Contrary  to  the  advice  of  m}'^  phy¬ 
sicians  and  friends,  I  accepted,  with  Brother  Macdon¬ 
ald,  the  invitation  to  hold  the  meeting  referred  to. 

The  meeting  had  been  in  progress  some  days,  when 
the  difficulty  in  my  head  returned  with  gi’eat  force. 
The  unfavorable  reaction  occurred  in  the  pulpit,  and 
for  the  moment  the  impression  came  upon  me  that  my 
work  was  done.  My  sensations  at^  the  time  were  such 
as  I  had  never  known  before.  It  seemed  to  me  I  must 
fall  upon  the  pulpit  floor.  Yet  I  had  the  presence  of 


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mind  to  resist  the  singular  influence,  and  did  so,  and 
rallied.  Brother  Macdonald  noticed  the  difficulty,  and 
advised  an  immediate  abandonment  of  all  attempt  to 
do  any  further  work  for  the  present.  Various  plans 
were  suggested,  and  were  under  prayerful  consideration 
throughout  the  ensuing  day. 

An  engagement  to  take  tea  with  you  brought  us  to 
3'our  house  that  evening.  After  tea  you  spoke  more 
directly  of  my  illness  and  disability,  and  asked  me  the 
question,  “  Why  don’t  you  get  cured?”  My  response 
was,  ‘‘  I  am  doing  all  that  I  can  to  that  end.”  You 
added,  “  Why  don’t  you  get  the  people  to  help  you, 
and  pray  for  you?”  I  answered,  “There  are  thou¬ 
sands  of  God’s  chosen  ones  who  are  praying  for  me.” 
You  then  said,  “  Yes,  but  they  ought  to  pray  in  faith ; 
and  if  they  do,  you  will  be  healed.”  You  had  the  Bible 
in  your  hand,  and  read  the  celebrated  passage  from  St. 
James:  “Is  any  sick  among  you?  let  him  call  for  the 
elders  of  the  church,  and  let  them  pray  over  him, 
anointing  him  with  oil  in  the  name  of  the  Lord ;  and 
the  prayer  of  faith  shall  save  the  sick,”  etc.  You  laid 
great  emphasis  on  the  words  “  shall  save  the  sick.”  I 
responded  that  we  need  not  understand  this  to  mean 
that  the  sick  would  be  restored^  urging  that  they  might 
be  saved,  though  not  healed.  Your  reply  was,  “  Very 
good,  but  what  does  this  mean:  and  the  Lord  shall 
raise  him  up’^'i  For  the  moment  this  sentence  in  the 
passage  had  entirely  gone  out  of  memory,  and  I  asked 
if  you  were  using  an  ordinary  or  an  interpolated  copy 
of  the  Scriptures.  You  assured  me  it  was  the  ordi¬ 
nary  version,  and  handing  it  to  me,  remarked,  “You 
can  read  it  for  yourself.”  I  read  it  with  adoring  confi- 


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MORE  FAITH  CURES  ; 


dence  and  joy,  and  repeated  the  sentence,  “  The  Lord 
shall  raise  him  up.” 

You  then  asked  me,  “Do  you  believe  this?”  I 
answered,  “  I  do  with  all  my  heart.”  The  solemnity 
of  the  moment  was  truly  wonderful.  You  proposed  we 
should  pray ;  and  we  all  knelt  and  called  upon  the 
Lord  to  help.  During  this  season  of  prayer,  there 
arose  in  my  own  thoughts  several  test  questions. 
Among  them,  I  call  to  mind  the  following :  Firsts 
“  Will  3’ou  acknowledge  this  healing  to  be  of  God?” 
The  prompt  response  was,  “/  willF  Secondly^  “  Will 
you,  if  restored,  devote  all  your  energies  to  the  work 
of  an  evangelist?”  The  answer  was  at  once  given, 
“7  will.’’  Thirdly “Will  you  make  a  prudent  use 
of  3’our  time  and  strength,  and  not  needlessly  waste 
}"Our  energies  ?  ”  The  same  repl^^  was  made.  By  this 
time  3^011  had  come  to  the  point  in  3’our  prayer,  in 
which  3^ou  said  something  like  this:  “O  Lord,  here 
is  th3^  servant,  in  great  bodil3^  ailment,  in  consequence 
of  which  he  is  unable  to  do  the  work  to  which  Thou 
hast  called  him.”  Then  turning  toward  me,  and  after 
you  had  put  3"our  fingers  in  the  oil  on  the  table,  3"Ou 
laid  your  hand  upon  my  head,  and  said,  “Let  Th3^ 
servant  be  healed  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  the  Son, 
and  the  Holy  Ghost.  Amen.”  There  seemed  to  come 
down  upon  all  an  awful  sense  of  the  presence  and 
power  of  God.  The  sensation  I  experienced  was  simpl3^ 
wonderful.  As  we  arose,  3^011  asked  me  how  I  felt ; 
and  I  said  in  reply,  “I  have  either  been  healed  or 
converted  over  again.  Glory  be  to  God.”  Brother 
Macdonald  and  I  went  to  meeting,  and  I  conducted  the 
services  without  the  least  embarrassment.  Frequently 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


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during  that  night  Hrother  Macdonald  asked  the  ques¬ 
tion,  “How  do  you  feel  now?”  and  I  answered, 
“  Glory  to  God,  I  am  healed  or  converted  over  again.’’ 
So  oil  it  continued  all  through  the  Sabbath.  I  spoke 
of  the  matter  in  the  public  congregation,  and  narrated 
the  occurrence  in  the  Boston  Preachers’  Meeting  on 
Monday.  I  was  perfectly  healed,  and  went  through 
with  a  most  exhaustive  week’s  service  with  as  much 
ease  as  I  had  ever  known  or  experienced  in  all  my  life. 
The  difficulty  in  my  head  entirely  disappeared,  and 
has  never  since  returned,  except  in  some  instances, 
when  I  have  lost  sight  of  the  tests  to  which  I  have 
alluded.  I  am  fully  assured  that  I  was  healed  in 
answer  to  prayer,  and  have  frequently  so  stated  to  my 
friends  and  the  public. 

I  make  this  open  statement  because  of  your  kind 
request  to  furnish  you  an  account  of  the  matter.  *  Eight 
years  have  elapsed  since  this  occurrence,  and  the  Lord 
has  enabled  me  to  do  as  much  work  as  a  well  man 
could  be  expected  to  do.  Sometimes  I  have  feared 
that  it  was  a  mistake  for  me  to  allow  m3'Self  to  be 
burdened  with  duties  of  agent  and  editor,  in  addition 
to  those  of  an  evangelist.  Nevertheless,  grace  has 
been  given  me  to  pei'form  this  extra  service.  But 
that  my  present  position  gave  me  opportunities  for  a 
wider  range  of  evangelistic  service  than  I  otherwise 
could  have,  frequently  I  would  have  been  led  to  yield 
it  to  an}'^  who  might  be  read}"  to  take  it.  The  Lord  is 
graciously  helping  me  to  do  my  duty,  and  meet  all  the 
responsibilities  of  my  position.  1  was  never  in  better 
condition  for  work  :  and  with  God’s  blessing,  before  I 
go  hence  I  hope  to  have  some  good  chance  to  do  a 


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MORE  FAITH  CUKES  ; 


little  more  in  the  Lord’s  vineyard.  I  am  glad  of  this 
chance  to  take  rank  with  the  fanatics  who  believe  in 
God’s  method  of  curing  people,  and  who  think  that 
the  Scriptures  mean  just  what  they  say,  in  declaring 
that  ‘^the  prayer  of  faith  will  save  the  sick,  and  the 
Lord  will  raise  him  up.” 

Yours  fraternally, 

J.  S.  Inskip. 

St.  Louis,  May  28,  1879. 

Dr.  Cullis  : 

Dear  Brother  in  Christy  —  This  morning  my  soul 
woke  with  these  beautiful  words  :  “I  know,  what- 
e’er  befalls  me,  Jesus  doeth  all  things  well.”  Then 
the  Psalmist’s  song  is  burning  in  my  soul:  “O  sing 
unto  the  Lord  a  new  song,  for  He  hath  done  marvellous 
things :  His  right  hand  and  His  holy  arm  hath  gotten 
Him  the  victory.”  Blessed  victory !  Thou  hast  deliv¬ 
ered  my  soul  from  death,  mine  eyes  from  tears,  and 
my  feet  from  falling.  The  dear  Lord  in  answer  to  our 
prayers,  on  the  10th  of  April,  1879,  heard  the  prayer 
of  faith,  and  granted  it,  giving  strength  of  spirit  and 
strength  of  body  in  a  most  wonderful  way.  First  I 
was  enabled  to  joyfully  say,  “Father,  Thy  will  be 
done”;  then,  secondly,  enabled  by  the  grace  of  God 
to  trust  Jesus  as  my  Saviour  for  full  salvation.  Being 
a  perfect  Saviour,  I  knew  I  stood  complete  in  Him. 
Then  I  was  able  to  claim  Him  as  my  Physician  for  the 
healing  of  body,  and  praise  His  name.  He  has  been 
and  is  to-day  all  sufficient.  I  have  been  an  invalid 
for  sixteen  months,  sirffering  with  an  inward  tumor. 
Having  at  all  times  strictly  adhered  to  the  advice  of 
the  most  skilful  physicians,  who  attended  me  during  the 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


33 


time  mentioned  with  but  little  improvement,  my  case 
was  to  me  a  hopeless  one,  unless  some  power  was 
brought  to  bear  more  than  that  of  earthly  help.  After 
having  had  pra3^ers  offered  in  various  churches  for  three 
or  four  weeks,  I  was  led  to  address  you,  my  brother, 
and  asked  your  prayer  on  the  10th  of  April.  “The 
Lord  is  good  ;  He  hath  done  exceedingly  abundant,  more 
than  I  could  think  or  ask.”  Since  that  hour  I  have 
believed,  I  have  trusted,  and  I  am  trusting,  and  not  in 
vain  !  My  soul  is  filled  continually  with  praise.  I  am 
all  the  Lord’s,  and  He  has  accepted  me  and  made  me 
strong,  all  for  his  glory.  strength  is  so  wonderful ! 
I  have  not  taken  one  grain  of  medicine,  have  not  been 
treated  once.  I  had  an  examination  eight  days  after  I 
claimed  the  faith,  and  my  physician  in  astonishment 
exclaimed,  “  I  see  no  sign  of  disease  !  You  are  well ! 
What  has  done  this?”  I  exclaimed,  “Praise  the 
Lord !  ”  and  forgetting  all  else  but  my  Saviour,  I  told 
him  of  the  wondrous  love  ;  and  when  I  told  the  sweet 
story,  tears  fiowed  from  his  eyes,  and  this  was  the 
means  of  leading  him  to  trust  Jesus,  and  ask  for  pra^^er 
for  his  healing.  Oh,  magnify  the  Lord  with  me  !  Let 
us,  dear  brother,  ask  God  that  m3"  ph3'sician  may  claim 
the  faith  and  be  healed.  May  the  Father’s  love  be 
always  with  and  around  you.  LoM,  remember  the 
faith  homes,  and  let  Thy  name  be  glorified  through 
them !  Your  sister  in  Christ, 

Mrs.  W.  B.  McE. 

Felton,  Del.,  May  29,  1879. 

Dr.  Cullis  : 

Dear  Sir^  —  You  may  have  forgotten  the  fact  that 
more  than  two  3"ears  ago,  I  wrote  you,  asking  3"our 


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MORE  FAITH  CURES  ; 


prayers  in  my  behalf.  I  was  troubled  lest  a  decided 
curvature  in  my  spine  should  become  so  bad  as  to  inter¬ 
fere  with  the  performance  of  my  daily  household  duties. 
You  wrote  me  you  had  prayed  for  me  ;  but  I  do  not 
know  whether  it  was  before  your  letter  came,  but  I 
think  it  was,  that  I  was  strangely  handled  after  I  had 
retired  at  night,  and  twisted  and  turned,  until  I  was 
laid  upon  my  back.  I  thought,  “  This  is  the  process  I 
have  read  of,  and  my  back  is  being  healed.”  But  it 
continued  weak  and  painful,  and  I  thought  I  must  have 
been  mistaken  ;  it  must  have  been  a  severe  nervous  affec¬ 
tion,  though  entirely  different  from  anything  I  ever  knew 
before.  My  brother  grew  worse  and  died,  and  my 
household  duties  forbade  the  rest  I  needed.  My  back 
grew  better,  but  from  some  (as  it  seems  to  me  7iow)  un¬ 
accountable  cause,  the  whole  matter  passed  from  my 
thoughts.  But  a  few  weeks  ago,  in  rubbing  my  back, 
I  was  startled  to  find  it  perfectly  straight.  How  long 
it  has  been  so  I  cannot  tell,  but  it  is  now  perfectly 
straight.  The  curve  was  to  the  right,  in  the  lower  part 
of  the  spine,  commencing  about  the  waist.  I  am  still 
weak,  though  leading  a  very  active  life,  and  am  exceed¬ 
ingly  nervous  ;  a  touch  startles  me,  and  often  painfully. 
My  hearing  is  still  bad.  I  am  thinking  now  it  is  partly 
in  consequence  of  my  nervous  condition,  and  partly  the 
result  of  long-seated  catarrh.  My  physician  used  to 
call  it  a  chronic  bronchial  affection,  but  the  last  two 
years  my  nose  has  been  sore  nearly  all  the  time  This 
deafness  has  been  a  source  of  sorrow  to  my  friends, 
perhaps  even  more  than  to  myself.  In  prayer  some 
years  ago,  when  I  was  pleading  that  it  be  removed,  the 
answer  came  sweetly,  ‘‘  My  grace  is  sufficient  for  thee,” 
and  it  has  been. 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


35 


Since  about  the  1st  of  December  last,  we  have  been 
holding  a  ladies’  meeting  in  the  interest  of  holiness,  and 
they  call  me  the  leader.  Here  my  deafness  is  perhaps 
more  felt  than  anywhere  else,  and  the  dear  sisters  often 
plead  for  a  healing  if  it  is  the  Lord’s  will.  We  want 
His  will  should  be  done  ;  but  you  know  the  promise  is 
“Whatsoever,”  and  t\\Q  persovs^  “Whosoever.”  So 
for  even  me  He  may  exercise  his  healing  power  a 
second  time.  The  ladies  join  me  in  requesting  you  will 
please  meet  us  at  a  Throne  of  Grace  on  next  Wednes¬ 
day  afternoon  at  three  o’clock,  June  4.  If  the  notice  is 
too  short,  or  you  are  from  home,  and  we  fail  on  the 
day,  we  will  renew  the  request  on  the  week  following  ; 
but  my  faith  claims  it  for  June  4.  I  shall  not  be 
with  them,  being  summoned  to  visit  a  sick  and  perhaps 
dying  sister.  To  God  be  all  the  glory ;  and  He  shall 
have  it.  He  has  honored  our  faith  on  many  occasions, 
and  is  still  continually  opening  the  way  for  us  out  of 
very  depressing  circumstances.  We  trust  in  Him,  and 
look  to  Him  in  every  trial.  We  are  giving  our  petition 
this  form:  “that  the  Lord  will  strengthen  m}^  nervous 
system,  remove  the  cause  of  the  deafness,  and  restore 
my  hearing.” 

Yours  in  Christ  Jesus, 

Mrs.  H.  a. 

\ 

Beloit,  Mahoning  Co.,  O. 

Du.  Chas.  Cut.lis: 

Dear  Friend^  —  Through  the  mercy  of  God  I  am 
able  to  tell  you  our  prayers  have  been  heard  and  an¬ 
swered,  and  I  am  almost  entirely  restored.  It  is  won¬ 
derful  what  I  am  able  to  endure  !  I  feel  as  strong  as 


36  '  MORE  FAITH  CURES  ; 

at  any  time  for  years,  but  cannot  as  yet  say  my  heart 
is  healed  ;  yet  1  am  sure  it  will  be.  It  is  so  mut  h  better 
that  I  dare  not  entertain  a  doubt.  Praise  and  thanks¬ 
giving  belong  to  our  God.  My  healing  is  to  the  glory 
of  God ;  for  people  have  to  acknowledge  it  is  through 
a  higher  power  than  man’s  that  I  have  been  made  so 
well  as  to  be  able  to  attend  meeting,  etc.  ‘‘My  cup 
of  joy  runneth  over,”  and  my  greatest  desire  is  to  live 
every  day  to  the  glory  of  God. 

May  the  blessings  of  Heaven  continue  to  rest  upon 
you  and  yours. 

Truly  your  friend, 

H.  E.  C. 

Brockton,  Mass. 

Dear  Dr.  Cullis: 

You  asked  me  to  write  to  you  if  I  found  that  I  was 
well j  when  I  got  home.  When  I  went  to  Old  Orchard 
I  had  n’t  a  thought  of  going  to  see  you  on  account  of 
my  liealth,  although  I  had  not  been  well  for  a  long  time. 
The  ph3'sician  that  I  consulted  here  is  one  of  our  old¬ 
est  and  most  skilful,  and  while  taking  his  medicine  I 
always  felt  better ;  but  as  soon  as  I  was  out  of  medi¬ 
cine  1  felt  worse  than  ever,  so  that  I  began  to  think  I 
should  never  be  permanently  well  and  strong.  Miss 

P - ,  from  Augusta,  was  at  the  house  where  I  stopped, 

and  she  questioned  me  very  closely  as  to  what  ailed 
me,  and  I  told  her.  She  said  that  she  would  go  to  see 
Ur.  Cullis  if  she  was  in  m}^  place.  “Well,”  I  said, 
“  I  would,  if  I  had  a  cancer  or  spinal  disease,  or  some 
dreadful  disease  ;  but  for  this  I  do  not  want  to  go.” 
Besides,  I  did  not  want  to  go  and  take  your  time  and 


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strength  unless  it  was  really  necessary.  'She  said, 
“  This  disease  is  bad  enough,  and  it  is  sure  to  grow 
worse  and  worse,  and  you  do  not  know  the  misery  you 
are  likely  to  suffer  if  j^ou  neglect  it.  Do  go  and  ask 
the  Lord  what  3^ou  shall  do  about  it.”  The  next  da}" 
she  said,  “You  must  go  ;  I  am  sure  you  will  be  healed 
if  you  do.  The  Lord  has  given  me  this  word,  ‘  Heal 
her,  and  she  shall  be  healed.’  ”  “  /  believe  that  T  shall 

be,  too,  if  I  go;  but  I  don’t  know  whether  I  shall  go 
or  not,”  I  said.  Then  I  heard  how  tired  you  were,  and 
how  many  came  to  see  you,  and  I  said  to  myself,  “  I 
declare,  it  is  too  bad  ;  it  is  outrageous  :  I  will  rtot  go. 
The  Lord  can  hear  me  pray  as  well  as  Dr.  Cullis,  and 
I  will  just  go  now  and  pray  that  he  may  have  strength 

to  meet  the  others  ;  but  / will  not  go.”  1  told  Miss  P - , 

“  I  think  I  will  not  go  ;  there  are  so  many  who  need  to 
more  than  I  do,  and  the  doctor  is  mortal,  I  suppose, 
—  he  cannot  endure  everything.”  “Ah,”  she  said, 
“  you  must  go  ;  it  is  the  Lord’s  will.”  I  laughed  to  see 
her  so  positive  about  it,  but  said,  “  Then  I  ’ll  go.”  I 
do  not  know  what  to  make  of  it,  but  truly,  as  soon  as 
I  stepped  upon  the  piazza  I  felt  all  through  me  that  [ 
was  being  healed.  Is  this  not  strange?  I  am  entirely 
healed  of  the  disease  for  which  I  had  faith  at  that  time. 
But  I  have  another  disease  that  I  did  not  include  at 
that  time.  May  I  hope  that  I  may  be  free  from  that  ? 

I  am  writing  a  long  letter,  but  I  want  to  tell  you  what 
a  test  I  had  a  day  or  two  after  I  saw  you. 

I  had  been  in  such  a  condition  that  to  stand  long 
upon  my  feet,  or  to  walk  far,  put  me  in  misery.  1  have 
sometimes  felt,  when  I  have  been  to  Boston,  and  been 
about  on  my  feet  for  some  time,  and  then  had  to  ride 


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MORE  FAITH  CURES  ; 


horae  in  the  cars,  as  though  my  brain  fairly  reeled.  I 
could  hardly  answer  anybody  civilly,  T  was  in  such  dis¬ 
tress  ;  and  the  weight  of  my  hands  across  me  was  too 

much  ;  and  when  R - would  come  and  throw  himself 

down  upon  my  lap,  it  hurt  me  severely. 

Well,  a  day  or  two  after  I  came  to  see  you,  I  took 

R - to  meeting  in  the  evening,  and  he  got  to  sleep, 

and  I  took  him  up  in  my  lap  and  held  him  all  the  time 
I  sta^^ed,  and  the  seats  are  not  quite  like  easy-chairs, 
3^ou  know  ;  but  it  did  not  hurt  me  one  bit.  Then  I 
could  not  wake  him  up,  and  I  stood  him  down  upon 
his  feet,  and  lifted  him  silong  a  step  at  a  time.  Then 
I  took  him  up  in  my  arms  and  carried  him  up  to  the 
back  of  the  grove,  and  it  happened  to  be  that  roughest 
path  of  all,  where  those  great  stones  are,  but  it  was  so 
dark  I  could  not  see  them,  so  I  went  stumbling  up  over 
them,  and  that  did  not  hurt  me  ;  and  yesterday  I  rode 
all  that  distance  home  in  the  cars,  and  I  never  felt 
better  than  I  do  to-day. 

I  am  going  to  write  you  again  some  time,  but  not 
such  a  long  letter  as  this. 

Mrs.  J.  a.  P. 

Clifton  Springs,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  12,  1879. 

Dr.  Cullis: 

Dear  Sir,  —  When  you  left  me  you  desired  me  to 
write  out  for  you  a  short  account  of  my  cure  of  spinal 
irritation,  in  answer  to  the  prayer  of  faith  which  you 
offered  at  my  bedside,  on  Friday  evening,  June  27. 

It  was  a  disease  from  which  I  had  suffered  for  thirty 
years,  many  times  being  confined  to  my  bed  for  months 
at  a  time  ;  and  the  last  winter,  particularly,  not  having 


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been  able  to  sit  up  the  entire  winter.  I  came  to 
Clifton  against  the  advice  of  friends  and  physicians, 
who  felt  that  I  would  not  be  able  to  bear  the  journey. 
After  being  here  four  weeks,  my  physician,  Dr.  Foster, 
said,  “Why  not  apply  quietly  to  the  Lord  for  heal¬ 
ing?”  and  added,  “  I  would  like  to  bring  in  Dr.  Cullis 
to  pray  with  you.”  Not  being  the  least  bit  of  “a 
fanatic,”  I  at  first  repelled  the  thought ;  but  as  I 
studied  my  Bible  with  reference  to  it,  and  as  I  firmly 
believe,  submitted  myself  to  the  guidance  of  the  Holy 
Spirit,  I  felt  more  and  more  convinced  that  this  healing 
was  possible,  and  that  it  was  for  me,  if  1  would  claim 
it ;  and  in  less  than  twelve  hours  from  the  first  sug¬ 
gestion,  I  asked  that  you  should  come  to  my  room. 

After  a  few  questions,  the  anointing  oil  was  applied 
to  the  forehead,  and  God  was  asked  to  cure  the  disease. 

After  you  had  left  the  room,  I  lay  under  the  power  of 
God  for  half  an  hour.  An  attending  physician  came  in, 
and  prepared  medicine  for  the  night,  but  I  was  firmly 
resolved  not  to  take  it.  At  this  time'  I  had  not  the 
slightest  evidence  that  a  cure  was  effected ;  on  the 
contrary,  I  was  suffering  intensely,  and  in  the  night  the 
thought  would  come,  “Perhaps  God  intends  to  heal 
3^ou  by  this  medicine.”  But  I  said  resolutely,  “  Never, 
Lord  ;  it  must  be  by  a  clean  hand.”  In  the  morning  it 
seemed  a  hand-to-hand  conflict  with  the  powers  of  dark¬ 
ness  ;  but  I  kept  trusting  and  waiting.  In  the  early 
morning  of  the  29th,  Sabbath,  I  awoke  suffering  in¬ 
tensely.  I  arose  and  committed  it  again  to  God,  lay 
down  again,  and  when  I  awoke,  two  hours  after,  the 
sense  of  healing  was  complete,  and  for  a  half-hour  my 
voice  was  filled  with  praise.  I  seemed  to  have  no  con- 


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MORE  FAITH  CURES  ; 


trol  over  my  lips,  but  would  keep  saying,  “  I  thank 
thee,  O  Lord,  I  thank  thee  !  ” 

Since  then,  with  many  things  conspiring  to  produce 
a  recurrence  of  the  disease,  I  am  free  At  times  the 
pain  would  return,  but  a  renewed  application  to  the 
Great  Physician  has  entirely  conquered,  and  I  am 
going  to  my  home  in  the  West,  with  the  knowledge 
that  the  disease  which  I  had  always  supposed  incurable 
was  removed  by  the  power  of  God.  “With  Him  all 
things  are  possible.”  Let  me  say,  too,  that  with  the 
physical  has  come  the  spiritual  healing,  and  I  have 
such  an  appreciation  of  the  presence  of  God  in  my 
heart  and  life  as  I  had  never  dreamed  of.  I  give  this 
as  a  simple  recital  of  what  God  has  done  for  me. 
Unto  His  dear  name  be  all  the  praise. 

“  Soul  and  body,  all  exultant, 

Shall  the  glorious  truth  reveal ; 

Ever  telling 

There ’s  a  God  in  Israel.” 

Ever  yours, 

A.  G.  B. 

f 

New  Hampton,  N.  H.,  Aug.  21,  1879 
Dit.  Charles  Cullis  : 

Dear  Brother  in  Christy — Two  years  ago  I  asked 
the  prayers  of  your  meeting  for  a  lady,  broken  in 
health  and  in  insane  despair.  Two  days  ago  we  had  a 
visit  from  her,  in  good  health  and  spirits.  The  strug¬ 
gle  has  been  long,  and  the  victory  is  of  the  Lord,  and 
we  wish  to  give  thanks  to  His  name. 

Yours  truly, 


R.  S.  L. 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


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“  The  prayer  of  faith  shall  save  the  sick.’* 

“  Whatever  ye  shall  ask  in  faith,  believing,  it  shall  be  done  unto 
you.” 

In  the  autumn  of  1875,  I  suffered  from  a  profuse 
hemorrhage,  which  left  my  lungs  in  such  a  weak  state 
that  every  few  months  I  was  obliged  to  make  a  change 
of  climate.  A  damp  atmosphere  and  rainy  days  were 
particularly  trying,  causing  a  weakness  and  painfulness 
in  the  left  lung,  accompanied  with  a  hacking  cough, 
from  which  I  have  never  entirely  recovered. 

While  travelling  in  New  Hampshire  this  summer,  I 
met  at  Newport  a  dear  sister  from  Boston,  —  one  whom 
the  Lord  has  led  in  the  green  pastures  of  His  love. 
We  enjoyed  some  precious  seasons  together,  talking  of 
the  precious  goodness  of  God,  and  of  the  power  of 
Christ  to  fully  save  the  soul.  In  one  of  these  conver¬ 
sations  the  sister  asked  me  if  I  had  read  “Faith 
Cures,”  by  Dr.  Cullis.  I  replied  in  the  negative. 
She  handed  me  a  little  book,  the  reading  of  which  was 
to  be  so  greatly  blessed  to  me.  I  took  it  to  my  room 
and  carefully  perused  it ;  and  knowing  that  our  God 
is  no  respecter  of  persons,  that  if  He  would  heal 
others  He  would  heal  me,  I  at  once  sought  the  aid  of 
the  Spirit  to  guide  me,  and  received  in  reply,  “  If  ye 
abide  in  me,  and  my  words  abide  in  j^ou,  ye  shall  ask 
what  ye  will,  and  it  shall  be  done  unto  3^ou.”  For  the 
past  ten  j^ears  I  have  been  reading  the  Word  by  the 
illumination  of  the  Spirit,  and  have  learned  that  God’s 
“  shall”  does  not  mean  “  perhaps.”  It  is  “  Thus  saith 
the  Lord.” 


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MORF  FAITH  CURES  ; 


After  a  praj^erful  consideration  of  the  matter,  T 
decided  to  write  to  Dr.  Ciillis,  asking  him  to  appoint 
some  time  when  he  would  make  my  case  a  special  sub¬ 
ject  of  prayer,  that  1  also  might  be  waiting  before  the 
Lord.  Me  replied,  naming  Ang.  12,  at  three  o’clock  p.  m. 

How  prayerfull}^  I  waited  for  the  day  !  and  when  the 
hour  came,  and  1  knelt  in  my  room  alone,  Lwas  awed 
into  silence.  It  was  holy  ground.  I  could"  not  pray, 
but  with  bowed  head  waited  for  the  ..fulfilment  of  the 
promise;  and  He  who  is  ever  faithful,  who  never  yet 
disappointed  one  of  the  least  of  His  children,  then  and 
there  healed  me.  1  did  not  feel  any  instantaneous 
improvement.  1  was  so  lost  to  self,  and  so  filled  with 
the  Spirit,  that  1  scarcely  realized  that  1  was  in  the 
flesh ;  but  after  1  stood  up  1  knew  I  was  healed. 

1  thought  it  best  to  let  some  weeks  elapse  before 
making  this  known  to  my  many  friends,  through  the 
medium  of  your  paper,  fearing  some  one  might  be 
sceptical  on  the  subject,  and  say  that  the  first  rain, 
storm  would  prove  it.  And  it  has  proved  it ;  for  a  few 
days  after  w.e  had  a  continuation  of  five  rainy  days, 
and  through  that  and  subsequent  storms  I  have  felt 
no  inconvenience  whatever  from  the  weak  lung.  To¬ 
day  my  faith  is  greater  than  ever  before,  for  God’s 
word  is  yea  and  amen  to  them  that  believe.  —  L.  M, 
B.^  in  Zion’s  Herald. 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


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A  TESTIMONY. 

[The  following  statement  is  given  on  the  credit  of  the  writer,  for  the  con¬ 
sideration  of  students  of  the  Bible.] 

“  The  prayer  of  faith  shall  save  the  sick.” 

To  THE  Editor  of  the  Watchman: 

For  several  years  I  was  afflicted  with  neuralgia,  and 
during  the  summer  of  1879  the  attacks  Were  so  frequent 
and  so  violent  that  my  life  was  despaired  of.  I  lost  all 
confidence  in  medicine,  and  in  September  visited  Dr. 
C.  Cullis,  of  Boston.  He  made  a  short,  simple  prayer 
'to  the  dear  Father  above  for  my  restoration,  and  I 
recovered.  Kearly  six  months  have  elapsed  since,  and 
there  has  been  no  recurrence  of  neuralgic  pain.  My 
health  is  better  than  it  has  been  for  ten  years.  My 
eyes,  which  had  caused  me  great  trouble,  are  improv¬ 
ing  wonderfully,  and  I  have  abandoned  the  use  of 
glasses  altogether.  The  spiritual  blessing  which  at¬ 
tended  my  cure  was  even  greater  than  the  physical. 

Eliza  J.  Robertson. 

Louisville,  Ky. 


Newtonville,  Sept.  10,  1878. 

L)u.  Cullis  : 

We  wish  to  express  our  heartfelt  thanks  to  God,  that 
while  we  united  to  pray  for  the  raising  up  of  our  mother 
to  health,  from  a  sick-bed,  when  physicians  had  given 
her  up,  she  was  wonderfully  restored  to  us. 

Yours  in  Christ, 


L.  and  S.  M.  H. 


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MOHE  FAITH  CURES  ; 


Pennsylvania  Military  Academy, 
Chester,  Pa.,  Sept.  21,  1875. 

Dr.  Charles  Cullis  : 

Dear  Friend^  —  On  IMonda}^,  the  8th  inst.,  I  left  Balti¬ 
more  for  Boston,  to  ask  3’our  prayer  for  my  recovery. 
The  previous  evening  I  had  started  to  walk  to  church, 
but  felt  my  heart  to  be  too  weak,  and  turned  back.  My 
friends  were  wondering  how  1  would  stand  the  journey 
but  I  had  no  doubts  about  that.  I  went  straight 
through  in  the  palace  car,  —  getting  very  little  sleep  that 
night,  of  course,  — and  reached  Boston  at  8  a.  m.  Tues¬ 
day  1  walked  to  the  Adams  House,  got  breakfast,  and 
then  walked  to  3^our  office  in  Somerset  Street.  The  State 
House  hill  tired  me  severel3^  but  I  prayed  constantly 
and  tried  to  trust.  I  was  told  you  would  not  be  there 
till  two  o’clock,  so  I  returned  to  the  Adams  House  and 
took  a  room.  I  consider  this  very  providential,  for  it 
gave  me  several  hours  for  pra3^er  and  meditation  on  the 
promises.  As  I  was  about  to  lie  down  for  a  little  rest, 
the  promise  about  proving  the  Lord  came  very  vividly 
to  my  mind.  As  I  turned  the  leaves  to  find  it.  Matt, 
ix.  6  and  then  the  thirteenth  verse  caught  my  eye,  and 
as  you  may  imagine,  comforted  me  greatly ;  and  when 
1  found  Malachi  iii.  10,  it  filled  me  with  new  hope.  Ps. 
ciii.  3  also  came  to  me,  and  I  la3^down  exclaiming,  “  I 
am  going  to  be  well.”  When  I  walked  to  3'our  office 
the  second  time  it  seemed  easier ;  and  I  really  believe 
I  expected  to  be  healed  when  3^ou  prayed  with  me.  I 
left  you  and  went  to  the  meeting  at  Faith  Chapel,  tiying 
to  trust  the  Lord  for  all  the  strength  I  needed  ;  and  cer¬ 
tainly  I  was  stronger.  The  meeting  cheered  me  greatly, 
especially  the  testimony  of  the  colored  woman  who 


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45 


spoke  of  her  recovery  from  heart  disease  ;  but  a  severe 
neuralgic  headache  came  on,  and  remained  with  me  a 
long  time.  I  went  from  there  to  the  cars,  and  took  the 
steamer  “  Providence  ”  for  New  York.  Before  I  went 
to  you,  I  had  thrown  away  one  bottle  of  medicine  ;  and 
before  going  to  bed  on  the  steamer,  I  dropped  into 
Narragansett  Bay  my  digitalis  and  iron,  committing  m}^- 
self  to  the  Lord.  Reached  New  York  at  seven  a.  m.  on 
Wednesday,  and  left  for  Chester,  reaching  there  at  noon. 
When  I  left  the  cars,  I  debated  whether  I  should  ride 
to  the  Academy  (a  mile) ,  or  essay  to  walk.  Asking  the 
Lord  about  it,  I  felt  strongly  inclined  to  the  latter,  and 
according!}^  did  so,  walking  the  entire  distance,  with 
only  a  little  of  the  old  symptom  in  the  left  side  of  my 
neck.  Remember  here,  that  m}^  friends  in  Baltimore 
were  wondering  how  I  would  stand  the  ride  over  the 
rough  streets  of  Chester. 

Well,  my  friends  met  me  and  asked  how  I  felt.  I 
somehow  answered,  “  Pretty  well,”  although  I  was  tired 
and  weak.  ISchool  began,  and  my  duties  with  it  that 
evening,  and  the  large  number  we  have  (one  hundred 
cadets)  coming  in,  many  with  their  parents,  necessitated 
a  great  deal  of  work.  Suffice  it  to  say,  that  I  have 
gradually  improved  dui'ing  the  days  that  have  passed. 
The  building  is  high,  and  my  class-rooms  are  in  the  top 
of  the  house,  requiring  me  to  ascend  the  stairs  several 
times  a  day.  I  have,  from  the  first,  started  resolutely, 
and  gone  steadily  up  without  rest,  and  have  felt  much 
less  quickening  of  the  heart  than  formerly  when  I  was 
relatively  in  fair  health  ;  and  1  have  not  taken  a  drop  of 
any  medicine  since  I  saw  you  ten  days  ago. 

My  affection  was  a  weakness  of  the  heart,  affecting 


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MORE  FAITH  CURES  ; 


principally  the  mitral  valve,  which  under  any  pressure 
would  fail  to  act,  and  the  heart  would  intermit.  It  was 
brought  on  in  1872,  by  over-exertion,  when  weakened  by 
powerful  medicines,  taken  for  settled  cold  ;  my  fondness 
for  gymnastic  exercises,  in  which  I  excelled,  leading  me 
to  make  the  indiscretion.  At  the  time,  it  became  very 
bad,  intermitting  constantly,  and  preventing  any  strong 
effort.  In  1873  I  went  to  California  and  engaged  in  the 
sheep  business,  and  for  nearly  three  3^ears  lived  the  rough 
open-air  life  of  a  ranchman,  on  the  plains  and  in  the  moun¬ 
tains.  The  glorious  climate,  the  exercise,  and  absence 
of  mental  work  did  their  work,  and  in  six  months  I  had 
gained  thirty-five  pounds  ;  and  thereafter,  during  m}^  stay 
in  the  Golden  State,  I  looked  the  picture  of  health.  But 
even  that  life  could  not  restore  the  vital  strength  of  my 
heart :  it  still  prevented  me  from  any  violent  exercise, 
such  as  running,  etc.,  and  some  days  I  could  not  ride  my 
horse  out  of  a  walk.  I  had  become  convinced,  then, 
that  no  medicine  of  drugs  or  climate  could  ever  make 
me  entirely  well ;  and  as  you  know,  the  profession  do 
not  pretend  to  remove  —  or  rather  restore  the  lost  vital 
element  in  such  affections.  They  only  profess  to  do 
what  California  did  for  me,  —  build  up  what  is  left. 

Realizing  my  dependence  upon  God,  many  a  night  I 
have  stood  in  those  great  plains  and  gazed  at  those  stars 
which  there  shine  as  they  never  do  on  the  Atlantic  coast, 
and  cried  to  God  in  prayer  to  save  me  entirely  from  my 
disease.  I  had  long  trusted  Him  for  m}^  soul ;  and  all 
m}"  meditations,  all  my  reading,  which  has  been  exten¬ 
sive,  all  m3’  scientific  studies  as  Professor  of  Natural 
Science  and  Chemistry  in  this  institution,  only  served 
to  ground  me  deeper  in  the  belief  that  God  is  over  all, 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  RRAYERS. 


47’ 


aiul  that  His  power  will  reach  and  does  reach  to  every¬ 
thing,  no  matter  how  small.  Many  a  time  have  my 
tongue  and  pen  been  used  to  testify  to  this  publicly, 
and  yet  1  felt  that  my  faith  was  weak.  I  returned  to 
my  post  here  in  1876.  My  health  had  of  course  suf¬ 
fered,  since  I  was  shut  up  in  the  house  again  ;  and  for 
two  3xars  I  have  been  unable  to  ride  a  horse  even,  ex¬ 
cept  at  a  walk.  Last  June  I  seemed  much  stronger, 
and  I  pra3md  a  great  deal ;  but  in  July  I  suddenl3^  broke 
down,  and  for  six  weeks  before  coming  to  see  3^ou,  I 
was  so  ill  that  I  could  not  walk  any  distance,  could  not 
read,  nor  even  talk  with  a  stranger  more  than  five  min¬ 
utes  at  a  time.  Those  six  weeks  were  wonderfully  blest 
to  m3^  soul,  however,  and  I  prayed  constantly.  I  felt 
the  inabilit3"  of  medicine  to  cu7'e  me,  and  did  not  want 
to  take  an3^ ;  but  when  1  was  very  near  death  I  was 

persuaded  to  call  my  friend.  Dr.  D - a  Christian 

man,  to  m3'  aid.  He  thoroughl3^  diagnosed  my  case,  and 
decided  that  with  the  use  of  digitalis  and  iron,  to 
correct  the  decided  anaemia  under  which  I  suffered, 
there  was  no  reason  why  1  should  not  recover  the 
health  1  had  enjoyed  in  June.  I  am  well  posted  in 
medieval  matters  myself,  and  the  personal  observation 
of  my  own  case  for  seven  3'ears  gave  me  assurance 
that  he  was  entirety  correct  in  his  diagnosis,  and  prob¬ 
ably  so  in  his  hopes  ;  but  I  told  him,  “You  can  only 
build  me  up  a  little,  —  3’ou  cannot  cure  me,  and  that 
is  what  1  want.”  To  this  he  frankly  assented.  I  then 
came  to  3'ou,  and  the  rest  I  have  written.  I  do  not 
tliink  I  have  felt  a  single  intermission  these  ten  da3^s, 
but  1  must  say  that  under  the  digitalis  my  heart  iiad 
not  actualty  intermitted  much  before.  It  would,  how- 


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MORE  FAITH  CURES; 


ever,  beat  very  variously  before  and  after  meals,  etc., 
and  that  has  almost  entirely  ceased.  I  endeavor  to 
leave  all  symptoms  to  the  Lord.  I  could  tell  of  num¬ 
bers  of  precious  texts  that  He  has  given  me  from  His 
word,  when  I  felt  troubled,  the  book  opening  to  them 
in  answer  to  my  request ;  but  time  and  space  and  your 
patience  forbid. 

Gratefully  and  faithful!}"  yours, 

R.  K.  Carter. 

Brattleboro,  VT.,  Sept.  26,  1879. 

Dr.  Cullis: 

Dear  Sir^  —  You  may  not  remember  the  writer,  who 
called  on  5^ou  13th  and  14th  inst.,  and  in  answer  to 
your  prayer  was  cured.  I  am  as  well  as  before  the 
sickness,  resulting  in  nervous  prostration,  and  I  hope 
the  Lord  will  heal  all  my  diseases,  and  give  me  more 
robust  health  than  1  have  enjoyed  of  late  years,  and 
show  me  His  way. 

Yours  truly, 

A.  A.  C. 

West  Brattleboro,  Vt  ,  Oct.  4,  1879. 

Dr.  Cullis: 

i 

Dear  Sir,  —  Thanks  for  your  continued  interest  and 
prayers.  After  a  sufficient  time  had  elapsed  for  my 
fonner  letter  to  reach  you,  I  did  feel  stronger,  and 
have  since  felt  no  pain  in  the  back,  nor  any  dyspepsia. 

Considerable  interest  is  manifested  in  regard  to  my 
cure ;  but  Christians  are  slow  to  give-.-  God  the  glory. 
An  unconverted  man,  severely  afflicted  with  disease, 
was  much  interested. 


OU,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


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Is  it  too  much  to  ask  you  to  remember  the  writer  in 
prayer,  that  he  may  be  wholly  consecrated  and  wholly 
led  by  the  Spirit? 

Yours  truly, 

A.  A.  C. 

Minneapolis,  Minn.,  Oct.  8,  1879. 

Dear  Dr.  Cullis  : 

It  is  due  you  that  I  should  tell  what  great  things 
God  has  done  for  me  through  your  instrumentality. 

For  twenty-nine  years  previous  to  May,  1878,  I  had 
been  afflicted  with  severe  nervous  headaches,  the  attacks 
averaging  twenty-four  hours  every  two  weeks.  Even  in 
a  dark  room  I  suffered  extremely.  Sometimes  in  the 
early  years,  before  I  knew  how  much  I  could  bear,  I 
used  to  ask  my  mother  to  examine  my  temple  to  see  if 
it  was  not  bursting  with  pain.  Eight  years  of  this 
time  I  had  been  engaged  in  public  work  connected  with 
the  Woman’s  Foreign  Missionary  Society  of  the  Meth¬ 
odist  Episcopal  Church.  This  affliction  had  oftentimes 
been  a  hindrance  in  accomplishing  what  I  thought 
would  be  for  God’s  glory.  Many  times  when  laid 
aside,  it  would  occur  to  me,  “  Why  have  these  head¬ 
aches  when  you  have  the  Great  Physician  ?  ”  Once  a 
deep  impression  was  made  upon  my  mind  by  an  old 
lady  whom  I  had  never  seen  before,  one  who  walked 
very  closely  with  God,  saying  abruptly  to  me,  “It  is 
your  own  fault  if  3’ou  have  headaches.  Ood  does  not 
want  3^ou  to  have  them.” 

I  had  read  the  reports  of  your  work  for  years,  and 
was  deeply  interested.  About  this  time  I  searched  the 
Scriptures  to  see  if  there  was  an  instance  on  record 


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MORE  FAITH  CURES  ; 


where  Jesus  refused  to  heal  when  on  earth.  On  the 
contrary,  I  found  it  written  that  “  He  went  about  heal¬ 
ing  all  manner  of  sickness,  and  all  manner  of  disease 
among  the  people.”  Then  I  inquired  of  Him  whether 
it  was  not  His  will  to  cure  me,  and  became  convinced 
that  He  would ;  but  when  I  could  not  tell.  I  found 
myself  asking  Him  to  open  the  way  for  me  to  see  you. 

On  the  8th  of  May,  1878,  I  went  into  Boston.  On 
the  9th  had  one  of  the  most  severe  headaches  I  ever 
had  ;  sent  for  you,  but  you  were  out  of  the  city.  On 
the  23d  1  called  to  see  you.  My  thought  was  that  all 
I  had  to  do  was  to  let  you  pray  with  me,  and  I  should 
be  well.  I  cannot  describe  the  utter  discouragement 
that  possessed  me  when  you  quoted  James  v.  14,  15, 
and  directed  me  at  once  away  from  yourself  to  Christ, 
and  waited  for  my  faith  to  claim  the  promise.  1  had 
often  tried  to  do  that,  and  the  headache  still  came. 
The  impulse  was  to  retreat,  and  dismiss  all  thought  of 
healing.  It  was  a  moment  of  agony.  God  had  spoken 
to  me.  He  had  led  me  to  see  you,  in  answer  to  my 
own  prayer,  that  I  might  be  more  efficient  in  His  ser¬ 
vice.  I  dared  not  go  back ;  the  command  was  “  For¬ 
ward  !  ”  Indeed,  I  believed  this  act  of  disobedience 
would  bring  me  into  darkness  ;  and  with  all  the  effort 
of  my  will,  as  when  I  believed  definitely  for  a  clean 
heart,  I  said,  “  I  take  God  at  His  word.”  You  then 
prayed  with  me,  and  asked  God  to  “  remove  all  cause 
of  nervous  headache”  from  me,  that  I  might  “  never 

have  another,”  and  anointed  me  with  oil  in  the  name  of 

✓ 

the  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost.  As  3"ou  bade  me 
good  by,  you  said,  “  When  threatened  with  headache, 
tell  the  Lord  He  is  3"our  Healer.”  For  several  months 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


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I  would  occasionally  have  symptoms;  but  from  the  23d 
of  May,  1878,  to  the  present  time,  I  have  not  been  in 
bed  a  moment  with  headache. 

Immediately  after  leaving  your  office  I  announced 
my  faith  to  a  friend,  and  since  that  I  have  told  it  a 
great  many  times.  It  seems  that  every  time  I  tell  it  or 
write  it,  a  new  thrill  of  health  goes  through  my  being. 
Others  have  been  led  to  the  great  Healer.  I  have 
heard  that  a  blind  lady  in  St.  Louis  (my  former  home) 
listened  to  the  story,  as  I  related  God’s  goodness  to  me 
at  a  ladies’  prayer  meeting  in  that  city,  and  went  home 
telling  the  Lord  her  great  need  of  her  sight  for  her 
children’s  sake,  and  pleading  with  Him  to  touch  her 
blind  eyes.  He  did  so,  and  she  has  been  praising  Him 
ever  since  for  sight. 

All  of  the  added  days  and  strength  have  been  gladly 
used  for  my  wonderful  Deliverer.  Your  prayer  that  I 
might  be  “  more  abundantly  useful  ”  has  been  answered  ; 
and  I  ask  that  you  will  still  pray  for  me,  for  there  is 
much  to  do,  and  “  no  chance  in  heaven  to  save  souls.” 

With  earnest  prayer  for  you  and  your  work,  I  remain 
very  sincerely 

Your  friend  in  Jesus, 

Mrs.  L.  E.  P. 

Stoneham,  Mass.,  Oct.  14,  1879. 

Brother  Cullis: 

Two  weeks  ago  to-day,  I  called  at  your  office,  desir¬ 
ing  the  pra5’er  of  faith  to  be  offered  on  my  behalf,  that 
I  might  be  healed  of  “neuralgic  headache”  of  long 
standing. 

I  Avish  to  return  thanks  through  you,  in  the  meeting 


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MOEE  FAITH  CURES  ; 


this  afternoon,  that  God  has  heard  and  answered,  and 
I  am  healed.  Praise  the  Lord  ! 

Your  sister  in  Christ, 

Mrs.  R.  V.  A. 


Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  Oct.  15,  1879. 

Dear  Dr.  Cullis; 

Some  months  ago  I  wrote  you,  asldng  your  prayers 
in  my  behalf,  who  was  prostrated  at  the  time  by  nervous 
weakness.  I  am  marvellously  better,  and  can  endure 
what,  awhile  ago,  would  have  been  utterly  impossible. 
Now,  my  dear  friend  in  Christ,  I  come  to  you  again, 
in  behalf  of  my  little  boy  (an  only  son),  who  has  been 
stricken  with  typhoid  fever,  which  has  gone  to  ^his 
brain.  Our  physician  seems  to  have  failed  in  reaching, 
with  remedies,  a  cure.  My  boy  has  been  one  of  the 
healthiest  of  children,  and  one  of  the  loveliest  disposi¬ 
tions,  so  full  of  promise  that  the  affliction  of  his  sudden 
cut-down  is  especially  heavy. 

Now,  my  dear  friend,  as  you  sympathize  with  torn 
hearts,  pray  for  his  restoration  to  health  and  strength. 
I  feel  that  God  is  willing  to  hear,  and  that  infinite 
wisdom  is  exerted  in  this  blow  of  His  chastening  hand, 
but  with  the  prayer  of  faith  He  is  willing  to  heal  the 
sick.  Withhold  not  your  prayer,  then,  my  dear  friend, 
in  my  precious  boy’s  behalf.  My  prayer  accompanies 
this  letter  for  your  still  richer  blessing  and  extended 
usefulness. 

Truly  yours  in  a  common  faith, 

J.  B.  H.  J. 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


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Clean,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  17,  1879. 

Dear  Brother  Cullis  : 

I  can  but  continually  praise  my  Heavenly  Father  for 
what  He  has  and  is  perpetually  doing  for  me.  Since 
the  day  we  met  in  your  office  I  have  been  perfectly 
strong  in  body  as  well  as  soul,  and  feel  like  singing 
constantl}^,  “  Praise  God  from  whom  all  blessings  flow;.” 
And  I  thank  Him  that  He  has  raised  up  such  servants  in 
His  vineyard  as  yourself  and  many  others.  The  Lord 
bless  and  strengthen  you  each  day  in  your  mission  of 
love  and  mercy.  Praise  the  Lord  for  all  His  wonderful 
works  to  the  children  of  men. 

Very  kindly  yours, 

I.  H. 

Savannah,  Ga.,  Nov.  11,  1879, 

My*  Dear  Brother  Cullis  : 

A  year  ago  I  was  so  low  (cough  for  two  years),  I 
gave  up  hope  that  I  could  live  longer  than  April,  1879. 
Your  praj^ers  and  those  of  your  people  at  your  Tuesday 
prayer  meeting  moved  the  hand  of  God  to  touch  me, 
—  heal  me  so  that  new  life  is  imparted.  Since  then,  T 
had  my  lungs  tried  by  a  doctor.  He  says  bronchial 
tube  leading  to  right  lung  is  at  fault,  and  my  voice  has 
not  the  proper  sound.  I  gave  up  all  work  (pastoral), 
and  even  could  not  ask  a  blessing,  or  pray  in  the 
family.  But  last  month  I  was  able  to  preach  in  the 
open  air  to  a  large  congregation,  for  forty-five  minutes, 
and  no  ill  effects.  Since  that  day,  three  weeks  ago,  I 
have  gained  nine  pounds  in  flesh,  which  to  me  is  simply 
amazing.  Now  I  desire  the  baptism  of  the  Holy  Ghost 
for  work.  Pray  for  me  again,  please,  that  I  may  be 


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MORE  FAITH  CURES  ; 


filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost  for  any  work  the  blessed 
Saviour  may  wish  me  to  do. 

Yours  in  Christ, 

L.  C.  T. 

44  Concord  Street,  Lawrence,  Nov.  14,  J879. 
Dear  Dr.  Cullis  :  ' 

I  wrote  to  3^ou  the  first  of  last  September,  requesting 
3’ou  to  pray  for  me.  I  had  then  been  out  of  health  for 
a  long  time ;  had  been  taking  medicine  for  four  long 
months,  which  was  a  great  injury  to  me,  although  the 
doctor  told  me  that  I  should  soon  be  well  and  strong. 
Instead  of  that  I  grew  weaker,  and  in  July  I  had  a 
shock,  which  greatly  affected  both  body  and  mind,  and 
my  friends  feared  1  never  should  recover.  But  still  I 
put  great  confidence  in  my  doctor,  and  kept  on  taking 
his  medicine.  At  last  your  “Faith  Cures”  fell  into 
my  hands,  and  I  read  it  with  great  and  deep  interest. 
What  a  desire  I  had  to  see  you !  But  my  friends 
thought  it  would  not  be  best  for  me  to  go,  as  I  was  so 
weak,  and  said  I  had  better  write  to  you  ;  and  some¬ 
thing  seemed  to  sa}^  to  me,  “If  you  want  to  live,  leave 
off  taking  medicine,  and  trust  in  the  great  Ph^’sician  of 
soul  and  body,  for  healing,  who  forgiveth  all  thine  in¬ 
iquities,  who  healeth  all  thy  diseases.”  This  was  the 
precious  promise  that  was  given  me,  and  many  others 
claimed.  Well,  you  answered  my  letter  the  next  day, 
saying  that  3"0u  would  pray  for  me.  When  I  arose 
the  next  morning  and  was  dressing,  a  voice  seemed  to 
say,  “  You  are  healed.”  How  happy  I  was  !  and  my 
heart  said,  “Praise  the  Lord,”  My  room  seemed  to 
be  full  of  the  presence  of  Jesus.  1  went  out  into  an- 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


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other  room  where  my  friends  were,  and  as  soon  as  they 
saw  me,  they  exclaimed,  “  Yon  are  better  !  Why,  how 
differently  you  look  !”  I  told  them  that  I  was  healed  ; 
and  we  shed  tears  of  joy  together.  Surely  the  effectual, 
fervent  prayer  of  the  righteous  man  availeth  much  in  my 
case,  to  both  soul  and  body.  I  never  can  tell  you  how 
thankful  I  feel  for  your  kindness  to  me.  It  is  through 
your  prayers,  and  the  great  goodness  of  my  Heavenly 
Father,  that  I  am  spared  to  see  this  day.  “  Bless  the 
Lord,  O  my  soul,  and  all  that  is  within  me,  bless  His 
holy  name  !  ”  Oh,  how  I  want  an  abiding  faith  and  trust 
in  my  blessed  Saviour  ;  how  precious  he  is  to  me  ! 

You  remember  I  went  to  Boston  three  weeks  ago, 
with  two  friends  ;  but  I  thought  you  was  in  a  hurry,  so 
I  did  not  tell  you  what  a  great  blessing  I  had  obtained 
through  your  prayers. 

Truly  yours, 

L.  S.  G. 

Lawrence,  Mass.,  Nov.  15,  1879. 

Dear  Dr.  Cullis: 

I  want  to  make  a  little  thank-offering  to  God  for  my 
health  and  increased  strength.  Use  it  where  it  seems 
most  needed  ;  my  prayers  go  with  it. 

You  prayed  for  me  at  Old  Orchard,  and  again  in 
Boston  three  weeks  ago.  The  local  congestion  is  all 
gone,  I  think,  and  I  am  stronger,  and  trusting  Jesus 
for  full  strength.  Please  pray  for  my  mother,  who  is 
physically  prostrated,  and  feels  burdened  in  spirit ; 
also  for  our  pastor,  who  has  had  poor  health  a  long 
time,  and  been  unable  t)o  fill  his  pulpit  much  of  the 
time.  We  have  been  praying  for  him,  but  he  does  not 


MORE  FAITH  CURES  ; 


5(> 

believe  in  “Faith  Cures.”  Pray  that  the  baptism  of 
the  Spirit  may  rest  on  him. 

Thank  you  for  your  prayers,  and  I  give  God  the 
glory  of  the  cure.  His  blessing  rest  upon  your  labors. 

Yours, 

Nellie  F.  R. 

t 

Cornish  Centre,  N.  H.,  Nov.  19,  1879. 

Dear  Brother: 

I  wrote  you  a  few  weeks  ago,  asking  you  to  make 
my  case  a  subject  of  prayer,  and  I  feel  that  I  have  been 
healed  in  answer  to  prayer.  Though  I  have  not  the 
strength  that  I  had  before  my  sickness,  I  am  trusting 
for  it  when  He  sees  best.  I  have  also  received  rich 
spiritual  blessings.  To  His  name  be  all  the  praise ! 

May  God  bless  and  richly  reward  you  in  your  glorious 
work. 

Yours  in  Christ, 

E.  L.  H. 

Purchase,  Nov.  19,  1879. 

Dr.  Charles  Cullis  : 

Dear  Friend,  —  My  health  is  good,  and  I  send  the 
account  of  my  healing  by  faith,  with  desires  that  the 
Lord  may  continue  His  blessing  upon  thee,  and  the 
work  He  hath  enabled  thee  to  carry  on. 

R  S.  C. 

When  studying  the  Holy  Scriptures,  I  had  often  read 
in  the  Epistle  of  James  the  words,  “  Is  any  sick  among 
you?  Let  him  call  for  the  elders  of  the  church,  and  let 
them  pray  over  him,  anointing  him  with  oil  in  the  name 
of  the  Lord  ;  and  the  prayer  of  faith  shall  save  the  sick, 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


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audthe  Lord  shall  raise  him  up,  and  if  he  have  committed 
sins,  they  shall  be  forgiven  him.  Confess  your  faults  one 
to  another,  and  pray  one  for  another,  that  ye  may.  be 
healed.  The  effectual,  fervent  prayer  of  a  righteous  man 
availeth  much.”  James  v  14-16.  While  I  believed 
them  to  be  true,  I  had  not  known  of  their  being  fulfilled 
in  the  experience  of  any  one  until  I  heard  S.  H  S.  give 
an  account  of  his  being  cured  by  the  prayer  of  faith.  I 
had  suffered  from  a  catarrhal  affection  of  the  throat  for 
several  years,  and  the  disease  seemed  to  be  increasing, 
and  my  hearing  was  impaired.  Medical  treatment 
seemed  to  be  of  no  avail,  and  I  felt  it  would  be  right 
to  go  to  Boston  and  see  thee.  My  wife  uniting  with 
me,  we  went  on  the  26th  of  June,  1878.  The  inter¬ 
view  was  satisfactory,  and  on  leaving  the  house,  I 
“  I'eckoned  ”  I  was  healed  The  next  day  I  told  thee 
how  I  had  been  blessed,  and  that  my  heart  was  filled 
with  love,  thanksgiving,  and  praise.  Thou  said,  “  I 
am  inclined  to  think  the  work  is  done,  and  for  this  rea¬ 
son  :  He  never  heals  the  body  without  a  baptism  of  the 
spirit.”  For  days  the  language  of  my  heart  was, 
“  Blessed  Jesus,  Thine  the  glorj'^ !  Thou  hast  made  me 
well !  Thine  the  glory  !  Thine  the  glory  !  ” 


New  York,  Nov.  24,  1879. 

Dr.  Cullis: 

Dear  Friend^  —  God  has  greatly  blessed  our  prayers, 
and  we  must  give  Him  the  glory  for  so  graciously  and 
speedily  answering  our  request.  On  the  strength  of 
receiving  your  letter,  I  immediately  set  about  writing 
to  different  friends,  requesting  their  prayers  for  mj^ 
speedy  recovery  at  the  hour  mentioned  in  your  letter, 


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namely,  three  o’clock,  p.  m.,  on  Tuesday,  Nov.  18.  I 
had  been  praying  earnestly  for  myself,  and  my  faith 
in  and  love  for  God  have  been  greatly  increased.  On 
Tuesday  last,  about  a  little  after  three  p.  m.,  I  felt  a 
thrill  pass  all  through  my  body,  and  since  then  my  pains 
have  very  much  lessened.  I  believe  it  was  about  twenty 
or  twenty-five  minutes  after  three,  that  I  got  out  of  bed 
myself  and  stood  upright  on  my  feet,  and  then  took  two 
steps.  It  seems  in  one  sense  but  little,  and  in  another 
light  it  appears  a  good  deal.  As  I  said  to  my  mother, 
words  seem  too  tame  and  meaningless  to  describe  the 
acute  sufierings  I  have  undergone ;  neither  can  I  ex¬ 
press  my  present  feelings.  Whereas  in  former  times 
I  cried  but  seldom  for  physical  pain,  I  now  cry  a  good 
deal.  It  seems  as  if  this  stress  of  joy  was  too  great 
to  be  borne  !  I  feel  full  and  running  over  with  love 
and  gratitude  towards  my  dear  Heavenly  Father, 

Although  I  am  not  fully  restored,  yet  1  trust  that 
God  will  soon  perfect  the  cure  which  He  has  already 
begun.  I  know  He  will  in  time.  My  feet  and  lower 
limbs  are  very  crooked,  one  in  particular.  I  have  feet 
shaped  (as  near  as  I  can  describe  it)  ver}’’  much  like 
those  called  “  club-footed.”  I  trust  you  will  remember 
me  in  your  prayers,  that  I  may  be  more  like  Jesus  eveiy 
day.  You  will  probably  hear  from  me  again  before 
long.  May  God  bless  your  prayers  for  others,  as  He 
has  those  that  have  been  raised  for  me. 

Your  sincere  friend  and  sister  in  Christ, 

Miss  E.  A.  R. 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


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Newton viLLE,  Mass.,  Thanksgiving  Morning. 
Dr.  Collis: 

Dear  Sir^  —  Some  time  ago  I  sent  you  a  request  for 
your  prayers  for  my  wife,  who  was  suffering  from  con¬ 
gestion  of  the  brain.  We  desire  to  acknowledge  to-day 
tiiat  these  prajxrs  have  been  answered,  and  God  has 
bjen  merciful  to  us. 

Yours  truly, 

J.  P.  R. 

Chester,  Pa.,  Nov.  30,  1879. 

Dear  Brother: 

What  a  Thanksgiving  day  we  have  had  !  Praise  the 
Lord  for  His  wonderful  works  !  You  will  remember  I 
wrote  to  3"ou  a  little  more  than  two  weeks  ago,  asking 
you  to  pray  for  my  sister,  who  for  over  three  years  has 
been  so  utterly  weak  and  suffered  constantly  with  her 
e3"es,  the  best  oculists  of  Baltimore  pronouncing  them 
about  hopeless.  You  wrote  on  Monday  (two  weeks 
ago)  that  3’ou  would  indeed  pray  for  her.  On  the  pre¬ 
vious  Thursday  she  attended  a  reception,  and  was 
dreadfully  fatigued  in  consequence  ;  she  had  been  pray¬ 
ing  about  herself  ever  since  I  was  so  wonderful^ 
restored  from  my  heart  disease  and  eye  trouble,  and 
she  had  endeavored  to  lay  aside  her  glasses  and  trust 
to  God’s  power.  Friday  she  would  not  hang  them 
round  her  neck  for  fear  she  would  use  them,  and  she 
suffered  a  great  deal.  On  Saturday  I  remarked  to  two 
friends  here  at  the  P.  M.  A.  that  I  expected  soon  to 
hear  from  m}^  sister,  telling  them  that  I  had  written  to 
3'ou  to  ask  your  prayers  ;  and  that  day  I  claimed  Matt. 


MOKE  FAISTH  CUBES  ; 


'  60 

xviii.  19.  On  Monday  evening,  when  your  answer  came, 
I  sat  down  and  wrote  to  my  sister,  telling  her  what  you 
said,  assuring  her  of  my  belief  that  she  would  be  healed, 
and  adding,  “  I  am  expecting  to  hear  great  things  from 
you.”  Tuesday  I  mailed  it,  and  received,  a  few  min¬ 
utes  afterwards,  a  letter  from  her  saying  that  on  Sat¬ 
urday  her  eyes  had  been  healed.  I  did  not  know  how 
to  praise  enough,  but  I  kept  trying,  and  expect  to 
keep  on.  Truly,  “  Before  they  call  I  will  answer,  and 
while  they  are  yet  speaking  I  will  hear.” 

She  says  she  sat  down  Saturday  morning  and  took 
up  ‘‘Faith  Cures.”  She  noticed  the  time,  11.30,  and 
began  to  read,  and  forgot  about  her  eyes,  until  she  came 
to  page  103.  The  case  was  similar  to  hers,  and  as  she 
read  the  words,  “  I  opened  and  read  page  after  page, 
and  said,  I  am  healed,”  it  suddenly  occurred  to  her  that 
she  had  been  reading  a  long  time  without  the  least  pain  ; 
and  looking  up,  she  saw  the  time,  —  quarter  past  one,  — 
and  she  exclaimed,  “  I  must  be  healed  also.”  For  two 
weeks  now  she  has  not  touched  her  glasses,  and  has 
used  her  e3^es  a  great  deal,  and  .grows  stronger  in  body 
daily ;  while  the  Lord  has  also  blessed  her  soul  with  a 
new  light,  as  He  only  can. 

I  ran  down  to  Baltimore  for  Thanksgiving  day,  for 
we  felt  that  if  ever  a  family  ought  to  be  together  on  that 
day,  ours  should  be,  with  two  such  wonderful  blessings 
in  three  months.  The  Lord  sent  me  to  a  good  Chidstian 
man  in  Baltimore,  who  is  djung  with  consumption.  He 
is  ver3’  useful,  talks  to  children  especialljq  nearly  equal 
to  Dr.  Newton,  and  is  in  middle  life.  He  believed  all  I 
told  him,  and  promised  to  pra^^erfully  consider  my  re¬ 
quest  that  he  should  come  to  3"ou  for  prayer.  1  believe 


OK,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


61 


he  will  come  if  the  Lord  draws  him.  Do  ask  for  it  with 
me.  Please  ask  God  to  gWe  my  sister  abundant  grace, 
and  me  also.  How  much  I  need  and  thirst  for,  every 
day  and  hour. 

Yours  in  Him, 

R.  K.  Carter, 
Rockport,  Me.,  Dec.  5. 

Dr  Cullis: 

Dear  Sir^  —  I  am  very  happy  to  say  to  you  that  my 
health  is  greatly  improved.  I  saw  3"OU  at  your  office 
last  September.  You  prayed  with  me  twice  before  I 
left  for  home,  and  I  feel  that  your  prayers  have  been 
answered  in  my  behalf.  I  have  been  able  to  do  more 
than  I  have  for  years  before,  and  I  want  to  give  the 
Lord  all  the  glory.  I  still  desire  your  prayers  that  I 
may  continue  to  improve,  and  ever  be  an  earnest,  faith¬ 
ful  Christian.  And  may  the  Lord  bless  and  strengthen 
you  in  all  your  good  work,  is  the  prayer  of  one  that 
never  will  forget  you. 

Yours  truly, 

Mrs.  a.  C.  C. 

Springfield,  Mass  ,  Dec.  8,  1879. 

Dr.  Cullis: 

Last  Febiniary  I  called  at  your  office.  I  had  long 
been  impressed  with  the  magnitude  of  your  work.  I 
went  with  a  request  of  my  daughter,  Mrs.  S.  T. 
M - .  I  had  not  thought  much  of  my  own  com¬ 

plaints,  so  filled  was  my  heart  with  gratitude  and 
praise  that  I  was  saved  from  the  use  of  an  ear-trumpet 
or  a  crutch.  But  I  had  been  a  lifelong  sufferer  from 
dyspepsia,  with  all  its  attendant  consequences.  When 


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MORE  FAITH  CURES  ; 


I  found  myself  in  your  office,  and  realized  God’s  read¬ 
iness  to  cleanse  our  bodies  from  disease  as  well  as  our 
hearts  from  sin,  I  asked  j^our  prayers  with  no  wavering 
faith,  claiming  God’s  precious  promise,  “I  will:  be 
thou  clean.”  I  am  now  freer  from  disease  than  ever 
before  in  my  long  life.  Hallelujah  !  Why  not  tell  me 
this  before  ?  you  are  ready  to  say. 

I  read  jlour  “  Faith  Cures  ”  and  reports  with  thrill¬ 
ing  interest.  I  am  asking  day  by  day  what  I  can  do 
for  faith  cure.  If  you  see  fit  to  make  any  use  of  this, 
you  will  please  withhold  the  name. 

Yours  in  Christ, 

Mrs.  M.  H. 

Vacaville,  Cal.,  Dec.  24,  1879. 

Dr.  Charles  Cullis  : 

Dear  Brother^  —  I  have  been  reading  your  fourteenth 
annual  report  of  your  work  of  faith,  and  labor  of  love, 
sent  me  by  my  aged  mother,  living  in  Springfield,  Mass.  ; 
and  although  in  straitened  circumstances,  I  felt  I  could 
not  be  denied  the  privilege  of  sending  you  the  enclosed 
amount,  to  be  used  as  you  think  best.  An  aged  mother 
and  sister  have  visited  you  and  been  cured,  and  are 
now  sound  and  well,  after  years  of  suffering,  and  the 
unworthy  writer  of  this  has  been  prayed  for  by  you  at 
their  request,  and  I  can  testify  that  my  health  has  since 
that  time  been  such  as  I  had  not  known  for  years 
before.  Pray  for  me,  my  dear  brother,  that  God’s 
will  concerning  me  may  be  made  clear,  and  that  I  may 
have  grace  to  walk  therein. 

Your  brother  in  Christ, 


W.  F.  H. 


OK,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


63 


Marion,  Ia.,  Dec.  29,  1879. 

Dr.  Charles  Cullis: 

Dear  Brother^  —  Before  the  year  is  gone  I  must 
write  to  tell  you  that  my  faith  still  holds  for  complete 
healing,  and  in  many  directions  I  am  seeing  the  answer 
more  and  more  clearly  as  the  weeks  go  by  I  expect 
this  work  to  go  on  until  I  shall  know  myself  well.  If 
I  could  see  you  I  could  more  easily  tell  you  of  the 
directions  in  which  already  the  change  is  so  .marked. 
For  a  time,  even  after  the  prayer  of  faith  you  offered 
for  me,  I  trusted  for  help  for  the  indigestion,  and  yet 
at  the  same  time  carried  a  bottle  of  nux  vomica  in  my 
pocket,  so  if  anything  doubtful  were  eaten  I  might 
have  the  help  near  by.  After  coming  West,  I  suddenly 
felt,  for  two  days  about  Nov.  1,  that  I  must  give  up  the 
“nux”  and  trust  God  alone,  and  the  result  is  almost 
marvellous.  1  scarcely  know  any  trouble  in  that  direc¬ 
tion.  I  have  eaten  in  the  last  weeks  some  articles  I 
have  not  eaten  before,  I  think,  in  ten  yeare,  and  still 
have  been  as  well  as  usual.  It  is  wonderful.  And  so, 
in  many  other  directions,  the  change  is  as  marked 
My  friends  have,  many  of  them,  never  seen  me  looking 
so  well.  I  thank  God  for  all  this  help,  and  go  on 
expecting  even  greater  things. 

You  are  well  and  happy  as  usual,  I  trust,  and  find- 
ing  jo}^  in  “  casting  all  your  care  upon  Him  who  carelh 
for  you.”  I  trust  that  your  work  is  being  remembered, 
and  that  you  are  saved  from  any  anxiety  about  it. 

I  am  going  steadily  on  in  my  work  for  the  salvation 
of  souls,  and  am  content  and  happy  in  all  that  God 
puts  into  my  hands  to  do. 


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MORE  FAITH  CURES  ; 


Your  “  Faith  Work”  I  keep  near  me,  so  as  often  to 
take  it  and  read  a  little  portion,  always  to  find  my 
faith  greatly  strengthened  thereby.  I  am  thinking  to 
know  more  and  more  of  faith  myself,  and  thus,  as 
never  before,  to  “  inherit  the  promises.”  Believe  me, 
most  sincerely, 

Yours  in  Jesus, 

1.  S.  L. 

Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  29,  1879. 

Dr.  Cullis: 

Dear  Brother^  —  Since  I  met  you  at  Clifton  Springs, 
in  June,  and  you  prayed  that  1  might  have  no  more 
rheumatism,  I  have  had  no  real  attack  of  it. 

I  enclose,  as  a  thank-offering,  $5.00  ;  please  use  as 
the  Lord  directs  your  mind.  Please  send  me  a  report 
of  your  faith  cures,  as  I  am  particularly  interested 
in  that  department.  With  prayers  and  thanks  for  the 
work  the  Lord  has  put  in  yours  and  Mrs.  CuUis’s 
hands,  and  a  personal  regard  for  you  both,  I  am 

Yours, 

Mrs.  S.  H.  S. 


Augusta,  Me.,  Dec.  31. 

Dji.  Cullis: 

I  send  this  money  as  a  thank-offering,  for  the  benefit 
I  have  received  in  answer  to  your  prayers.  I  have 
been  greatly  blessed.  Please  pray  that  I  may  receive 
a  full  baptism  of  the  love  of  God. 


Mrs.  L.  T. 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


65 


Lynn,  Mass.,  Dec.  31,  1879. 
My  Dear  Physician  in  the  Lord  : 

Please  accept  my  mite  as  a  thank-offering  for  the 
marvellous  work  of  the  Spirit,  wrought  in  me,  through 
your  faith.  The  dear  Lord  must  love  you  very  much 
for  your  willingness  to  receive  so  largel}^  of  His  grace. 
May  you  receive  yet  more  abundantly,  and  may  we 
who  follow  obtain  like  precious  faith. 

Yours  in  the  blessed  fellowship, 

H.  J.  M. 

Augusta,  Me.,  Jan.  6,  1880. 

Dr.  Cullis  : 

Dear  Sir,  —  I  called  upon  you  the  last  of  October, 
to  ask  your  prayers  that  I  might  be  made  well  of  a 
lame  knee,  a  fresh  injury  after  three  years  of  lameness 
from  a  sprain  of  the  knee.  I  was  discouraged  after  I 
returned  home  to  find  myself  worse  than  before.  I  see 
now,  God  was  trying  my  faith,  though  I  did  not  realize 
it  at  the  time.'  I  had  hoped  I  should  be  restored 
instantly,  but  that  was  my  way,  and  God’s  was  to  give 
strength  gradually.  I  am  now  able  to  take  a  long  walk 
with  perfect  ease,  no  pain  or  inflammation  following. 
Best  of  all,  I  am  able  to  rest  in  Jesus,  as  never  before. 
I  feel  to  praise  Him  continually.  I  enclose  a  small 
sum  to  be  used  as  you  think  best. 

Your  sister  in  Christ, 

F.  P.  McC. 

Brattleboro’,  Vt.,  Jan.  7,  1880. 
To  THE  Editors  of  the  Phcenix: 

Dear  Sirs,  ■—  Kindly  allow  me  to  call  the  attention 
of  your  readers  to  the  availability  of  God’s  promises. 


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MORE  FAITH  CURES  ; 


In  the  spring  of  1878  a  severe  attack  of  inflammation 
of  the  bowels,  preceded  by  gradually  failing  health,  left 
me  with  nervous  prostration  and  dj^spepsia,  from  which 
I  did  not  recover  sufficiently  to  engage  in  any  occupa¬ 
tion  of  mind  or  body.  At  a  visit  to  Dr.  Charles  Cul- 
lis,  founder  of  the  Consumptives’  Home  in  Boston,  on 
Sept.  13,  1879,  he  offered  for  me  the  prayer  of  faith, 
claiming  the  promise  in  James  v.  14,  15.  The  prayer 
was  answered,  and  since  then  my  health  has  been  per¬ 
fect. 

Yours  truly, 

Albert  A.  Cheney. 

Lowell,  Mass.,  Jan.  12,  1880. 

Dr  Cullis  : 

Sir^  — I  promised  to  write  to  you  when  I  was  satis¬ 
fied  that  I  was  healed.  I  have  suffered  from  severe 
headache  ever  since  I  was  a  child,  the  attacks  increas¬ 
ing  in  violence  and  frequency  as  I  grew  older,  until  the 
last  3^ear  I  have  had  them  two  or  three  times  a  week, 
alwa}^s  lasting  one  day  and  night,  often  two  daj^s.  I 
would  be  completely"  prostrated,  could  not  endui’e  the 
least  jar  or  motion,  sometimes  unable  to  speak.  The 
cause  1  do  not  know,  as  physicians  disagreed,  some 
saying  one  thing  and  some  another,  but  all  alike  failing 
to  render  any  help,  though  each  in  turn  was  sure  he 
could  cure  me. 

Last  July  I  was  at  Old  Orchard,  at  the  convention, 
^and  made  up  my  mind  to  consult  y"ou,  intending  to  have 
you  prescribe  for  me.  Before  the  opportunity  to  see 
you  arrived,  I  had  heard  so  much  of  healing  by  faith 
that  my^  mind  was  led  to  the  subject  in  reference  to  my 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


67 


own  case.  I  thought  of  it  several  days,  and  when  I 
stood  before  you,  and  you  asked  if  I  believed  the  Lord 
would  do  it,  I  looked  in  my  heart  for  the  answer,  and  it 
came  promptly,  “  Yes,  I  do.”  You  prayed,  and  as  I 
arose  to  go,  you  said,  “  Reckon  yourself  healed,  and 
you  are.”  I  said  in  my  heart,  “  It  is  done.”  My  head 
ached  terribly,  but  I  felt  sure  the  blessing  was  mine. 
It  continued  to  ache  two  or  three  hours,  and  then  grew 
easy.  That  was  nearly  six  months  ago.  I  have  had 
but  one  severe  attack  since,  and  that,  I  think,  was  per¬ 
mitted  to  try  my  faith  The  next  Sunday  it  began  to 
feel  badly  (I  had  in  years  past  been  very  sceptical,  and 
had  been  a  Christian  only  a  few  months) ,  and  Satan 
said,  “  See  there,  3^ou  are  not  cured,  and  you  were  so 
sure  of  it,  — just  as  sure  as  3^ou  were  that  you  were 
converted,  and  now  j^ou  see  it  is  all  a  humbug  to¬ 
gether  ;  one  is  as  false  as  the  other ;  you  have  been 
fooled  and  self-deceived.  I  told  3"ou  so  long  ago,  but 
3^ou  would  not  believe  it ;  now  see  what  a  fool  you  have 
been  !  ”  I  felt  m^^self  sinking,  as  surely  as  Peter  sank 
when  he  began  to  doubt,  and  I  cried  in  his  language, 
“  Lord,  save,  or  I  perish.”  I  cannot  tell  you  the  agony 
of  that  moment.  Just  then,  these  words  were  thrown 
into  my  mind,  “  Though  He  slay  me,  ^^et  will  I  trust 
Him.”  I  said,  “  Yes,  if  my  head  aches  all  the  rest  of 
my  life,  I  will  trust  Him.”  I  arose  and  prepared  for 
church,  my  head  perfectly  easy  The  next  Sunday  it 
commenced  again.  I  sat  thinking  the  ground  all  over, 
the  promise  and  the  conditions,  etc.,  and  could  not  see 
any  possible  way  out  but  that  I  must  be  right  in  the 
stand  I  had  taken,  and  that  the  symptoms  to  the  con¬ 
trary  were  a  temptation  ;  and  I  cried  in  m3'  heart, 


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“  Yes,”  and  cried  aloud,  Lord,  Thou  hast  promised 
that  we  should  not  be  tempted  above  what  we  are  able 
to  bear.  1  cannot  bear  much  more  of  this  ;  send  the 
devil  awaj'  from  me.”  In  twenty  minutes  m3"  head 
was  as  eas3^  as  ever  once  more.  I  came  down  to  break¬ 
fast  with  that  terrible  pressure  on  m3"  brain  that  foretold 
one  of  my  worst  atta'Cks,  and  the  first  thought  was, 
“You  must  not  eat ;  if  3^ou  do,  3"our  head  will  ache.’’ 
Then  it  fiashed  over  my  mind,  “  Put  your  faith  to  the 
test,  and  see  if  your  healing  depends  on  what  you  eat.” 
I  did  so,  and  in  two  or  three  hours  I  started  up  with 
the  thought,  “  Where  is  your  headache  ?  ”  I  had  for¬ 
gotten  all  about  it.  For  a  long  time  no  s3^mptom  of  it 
has  troubled  me,  so  I  consider  my  health  perfect. 

The  dear  Lord  seems  very  near  to-day. 

Yours, 

Mrs.  G.  F.  H. 

PiiiLADFXPHiA,  Pa.,  Jan.  28,  1880. 

Dear  Dr.  Cullis  : 

Since  you  prayed  with  me  for  healing,  March,  1877,  T 
have  been  trusting  Jesus  entirely  as  m3^  ph3"sician,  using 
no  medicines,  and  have  been  better  than  for  twenty 
years.  A  disease  of  that  long  standing  has  been  cured, 
and  my  general  health  greatly  improved,  so  I  am  a  won¬ 
der  to  myself  and  others.  I  have  dela3^ed  writing  3^ou, 
because  I  cannot  say  I  am  a  perfectly  well  person  ;  but 
so  much  has  been  done  for  me,  I  can  no  longer  dela3^  to 
thus  give  God  the  praise  for  His  great  goodness  in 
teaching  me  to  trust  Him  for  my  body  as  well  as  soul. 

Very  sincerel3"  yours, 


S.  M.  L. 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


69 


Campello,  Jan.  29,  1980. 

Dear  Dr.  Cullis: 

I  thinli  it  is  three  weeks  to-day  since  I  wrote  to  you 
with  regard  to  the  trouble  in  my  eyes.  I  am  happy  to 
be  able  to  say  that  the  second  day  after  I  mailed  my 
letter,  there  was  a  marked  change  for  the  better ;  and 
with  but  little  variation,  they  have  been  steadily  im¬ 
proving,  but  still  are  weak,  and  affected  by  slight 
colds.  I  Imve  great  reason  to  praise  God  for  His 
goodness  to  me.  Don’t  forget  to  pray  for  me. 

Yours  in  Christ, 

E.  W.  L. 

Feb.  6,  1880. 

Dr.  Cullis  : 

Last  summer,  at  Old  Orchard,  I  asked  your  pra5'ers 
for  a  lady  in  ill  health.  She  has  been  slowly  and 
gradually  growing  better  ever  since.  A  few  weeks  ago, 
I  sent  in  a  request  one  Tuesday  that  a  person  might 
be  spared  severe  physical  suffering.  God  has  heard 
both  prayers,  and  abundantly  answered.  I  would  re¬ 
turn  thanks.  Were  we  not  very  poor  in  this  world’s 
goods,  I  would  render  more  substantial  thanks  ;  but 
God  knows. 

H. 


Creston,  III.,  Feb.  9,  1880. 

Dr.  Cullis: 

Dear  Sir,  —  Of  you  I  think  with  deep  gratitude,  for 
your  kindly  interest  and  earnest  prayers.  'It  is  with  a 
thankful  heart  to  God,  that  I  write  of  my  much  im¬ 
proved  health.  Of  course  the  change  is  not  so  marked 
as  in  the  case  of  Miss  Judd ;  for  I  have  been  able  to 


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go  about,  and  to  enjoy  many  things,  most  of  tho  time 
for  nearly  two  years.  Yet  I  can  see  that  T  am  de¬ 
cidedly  better  ;  the  old  pains  are  lessening  all  the  time, 
and  I  trust  I  shall  soon  be  well.  But  if  it  please  God 
to  order  it  otherwise,  I  will  try  and  be  content  Our 
pastor.  Rev.  Mr  G - ,  has  given  me  great  encour¬ 

agement,  and  his  perfect  trust  has  strengthened  my 
faith  wonderfully.  Again  let  me  express  to  you  my 
sincere  thanks.  I  shall  always  remember  you  and 
your  work  in  m^  prayers. 

Very  gratefully  yours, 

C.  F.  C. 

Fall  River,  March  4,  1880. 

Dr.  Cullis: 

Dear  Brother^  —  My  wife  goes  to  Boston,  and  I 
desire  her  to  see  thee.  In  case  she  does  not,  she  will 
leave  this  to  say  that  the  Lord  has  healed  me,  and  I 
now  feel  as  well  as  I  ever  did,  so  far  as  freedom  from 
my  disease  is  concerned.  I  am  not  the  man  I  was,  as 
to  strength,  but  I  am  growing  stronger.  I  sleep  natu¬ 
rally,  and  in  all  respects  enjoy  life  fully.  1  praise 
the  Lord  for  all,  and  ask  His  blessing  upon  thee  as  an 
instrument  to  help  me  take  the  step  of  faith.  I  want, 
as  I  am  able,  to  give  thee  tangible  proof  of  what  I  feel 
for  thy  work. 

Thy  brother  in  Christ, 

Henry  C.  A. 

'  Philadelphia,  March  4,  1880. 

Dr.  Cullis  : 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother^  —  We  beg  pardon  for  not 
writing  you  sooner ;  it  is  something  to  which  we  must 


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plead  guilty  of  neglect.  Now,  then,  we  will  try  and  tell 
you  who  we  are,  for  you  come  in  contact  with  a  number  of 
persons  throughout  the  year,  and  may  not  remember  us, 
as  you  saw  us  only  a  few  minutes,  I  think,  —  perhaps  ten 
or  fifteen  minutes  at  the  longest.  My  wife  and  I  were 
at  your  office  to  consult  you,  the  latter  part  of  last 
August.  My  wife  had  been  subject  to  nervous  spasms 
and  a  complication  of  diseases.  She  had  not  enjoyed 
good  health  for  six  years,  and  was  subject  to  the  spasms 
four  years.  She  would  sometimes  lie  as  long  as  four 
hours  in  the  spasms,  getting  one  after  another.  Her 
body  would  be  prostrated,  and  she  was  subject  to  short¬ 
ness  of  breath.  She  was  not  able  to  do  any  work  We 
were  encouraged  to  visit  5mu  by  reading  a  report  by 
Rev.  Brother  Davies,  in  the  ‘^Home  Journal,”  of  an 
experience  meeting  held  during  the  faith  convention  at 
Orchard  Beach,  at  which  only  those  that  were  healed  by 
faith  in  God  were  requested  to  speak.  After  reading 
this  report,  we  talked  the  matter  over  of  going  on  .to 
Boston.  My  wife  believed  God  could  cure  her,  if  it 
was  His  will,  and  if  you  remember,  she  told  you  so ; 
but  she  was  under  the  impression  that  it  was  the  Lord’s 
will  for  her  to  suffer.  You  said  it  was  not  the  Lord’s 
will  she  should  suffer;  and  that  there  was  no  “if” 
about  it.  You  read  from  St.  James,  fifth  chapter, 
fourteenth  and  fifteenth  verses.  In  the  fifteenth  verse 
it  reads,  “  And  the  prayer  of  faith  shall  save  the  sick.” 
You  said,  if  she  would  believe,  God  would  cure  her 
then  and  there.  She  did  believe.  You  anointed  her 
with  oil,  and  prayed  for  her,  and  God  answered  the 
prayer  of  faith.  She  has  not  had  a  spasm  since  that 
time.  Before  this,  she  has  been  taken  with  spasms  in 


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different  churches,  also  at  camp  meetings,  as  well  as  at 
other  places.  She  has  been  carried  from  church  for 
several  squares.  I  could  relate  more,  but  to  God  be 
all  the  glory,  for  what  He  has  done  for  her.  She  has 
been  able  to  do  her  work  about  the  house,  with  the 
exception  of  washing  and  ironing. 

I  remain  yours  in  Christ,  I  trust, 

W.  A.  B. 

Evansville,  Ind.,  March  18,  1880. 

Dear  Brother: 

On  the  9th  of  this  month,  you  were  to  offer  up  prayer 
in  my  behalf.  At  the  hour  appointed,  I  prostrated  my¬ 
self  before  God,  with  my  open  Bible,  and  spent  that 
whole  hour  (and  longer)  in  pleadings  and  prayer  and 
supplications  to  Him  in  Jesus’  name,  “  for  healing.” 
From  that  time  I  have  felt  a  relief  in  my  breathing, 
and  there  is  less  soreness  in  my  lungs  or  bronchial  tubes. 
1  cough  and  expectorate  much  less  than  formerl}^,  and 
my  sleep  is  sweeter,  sounder,  and  more  refreshing  than 
it  has  been  for  many  years  past.  My  dyspepsia  seems 
to  be  leaving  me.  For  these  blessings  I  give  God  “  loud 
praise.”  I  feel  like  holding  to  the  hem  of  Jesus’  gar¬ 
ment  until  he  makes  me  whole,  for  1  want  to  work  for 
Jesus.  Oh  that  He  would  speedily  restore  my  hearing, 
and  remove  this  black  cloud  from  my  eye !  Dear 
brother,  still  pray  that  I  may  be  made  whole.  I  am 
trusting  wholly  to  God ;  I  have  taken  no  medicine  since 
the  8th  of  this  month.  Since  I  have  been  asking  the 
Lord  to  heal  my  bodjq  such  a  sense  of  unworthiness 
comes  over  me  at  times  I  can  do  nothing  but  weep ; 
and  then  He  comforts  me  with  his  '•‘blessed  promises.” 


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As  I  fear  I  am  making  my  note  too  lengthy,  thereby 
consuming  too  much  of  your  precious  time,  I  will 
close  by  giving  my  “mite”  into  the  treasury  of  the 
Lord,  believing  that  “  your  work”  is  “  His  work,”  and 
you  are  His  servant  doing  His  bidding.  Use  it  in  your 
work  as  you  please. 

May  the  dear  Lord  bless  you,  and  long  keep  you  in 
His  work,  is  the  prayer  of 

Your  sister  in  Him, 

Mrs.  Jas.  G. 

P.  S.  — 'I  have  not  written  of  my  soul’s  enjoyment ; 
it  is  a  long  story.  I  have  reserved  that  part  for  another 
time. 

Brooklyn,  E.  D.,  L.  I.,  N.  Y.,  March  6,  1880. 
Dr.  Cullis: 

Dear  Brother^  —  I  feel  I  must  begin  this  letter  with 
praise,  and  end  it  with  praise,  to  the  dear  Lord  for 
sending  me  to  Boston.  When  I  accepted  the  gift  of 
healing  by  faith  in  th}^  office,  I  felt  nothing  but  a 
detennined  effort  of  Satan  to  deter  me.  I  knew  I  did 
receive  it,  though,  and  when  on  my  return  to  New  Y'ork 
that  night,  I  experienced  a  delightful  sensation  of  rest 
of  soul,  and  faith  claimed  the  boon.  The  next  even¬ 
ing  I  received  the  baptism  of  the  Holy  Ghost  as  never 
before,  in  answer  to  thy  prayer.  1  received  that  also 
by  faith,  without  feeling  that  night ;  but  the  next  day 
the  blessed  Comforter  sensibly  welled  up  in  my  soul, 
filling  my  whole  being,  and  before  night  I  was  fairly 
intoxicated  with  joy.  It  was  almost  too  much  for 
nature  to  bear.  In  the  evening  I  went  to  Dr.  Peck’s 
class  meeting  (of  St.  John’s  Methodist  Episcopal 


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Church),  and  declared  what  the  Lord  had  done  for 
me,  and  he  gave  me  work  immediately.  I  was  asked 
to  visit  a  sick  man,  who  is  a  moralist,  cannot  see  the 
justice  of  God’s  dealings  with  him,  murmurs  at  his 
trials,  and  will  not  see  any  minister.  I  pray  God  to 
give  me  ability  to  show  him  that  he  is  a  sinner.  Last 
evening  I  proclaimed  my  healing  before  a  Baptist  cove¬ 
nant  meeting  here,  and  was  wonderfully  blessed.  I 
cannot  help  it,  I  must  tell  it ;  I  am  compelled.  But 
while  my  spirit  has  been  so  blessed,  the  actual  con¬ 
dition  of  my  physical  frame  is  not  much  changed, 
although  a  change  has  commenced. 

Thine  in  Christ, 

H.  M.  U. 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  March  25,  1880. 

Dear  Pr.  Cullis  : 

Thy  very  welcome  letter  was  duly  received,  and  I 
have  hoped  ere  this  to  be  able  to  inform  thee  of  the 
completion  of  the  work  in  me  I  so  much  desire.  But 
it  seems  delayed.  I  confidently  believe  that  my  heal¬ 
ing  took  place  the  day  I  saw  thee  in  Boston.  At  times 
I  have  the  assurance  of  faith  that  it  is  done.  And  there 
I  rest^  and  will  rest,  and  the  dear  Lord  gives  me  great 
peace  in  doing  so,  and  therefore  I  know  that  there  is 
some  purpose  in  this  long-continued  trial  of  my  faith  ; 
for  the  desired  boon  of  perfect  health  and  perfect 
cleansing  does  not  come. 

I  find,  however,  that  every  day  my  faith  increases, 
not  without  struggles  sometimes,  conflicts  with  doubt ; 
but  still  my  faith  life  rises  higher  and  higher,  and  I 


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wonder  at  times,  when  I  am  so  sure^  that  I  do  not  see 
more  results. 

But  I  shall  continue  to  trust,  if  I  die  in  the  process. 
I  Iznow  it  is  not  in  vain.  My  God  “  will  come,  and 
will  not  tarry.’"  But  though  He  tarry  I  will  wait  for 
Him.  I  know  I  shall  receive  the  desires  of  my  heart. 
1  believe  He  is  educating  my  faith  up  to  the  point  of 
grasping  the  whole. 

But  please,  dear  doctor,  as  thou  hast  time,  continue 
to  pray  for  me.  I  feel  it  is  a  life-and-death  struggle. 
It  is  Satan’s  last  hold,  and  he  is  fierce.  I  know  1  shall 
win  through  m}^  “unconquered  Captain.”  “The  battle 
is  the  Lor-d’s.”  But  the  battle-ground  is  my  heart.,  and 
it  is  torn  in  the  strife. 

I  am  devoting  my  life  now  to  the  attainment  of  this 
object.  But  in  the  mean  time  the  dear  Lord  deigns  to 
use  me  :  praise  His  name  ! 

I  shall  stay  here  until  I  receive  it  all.  Then  I  will 
inform  thee  of  it. 

Thine  in  Christ, 

H.  M.  U. 

Howard  City,  Montcalm  Co.,  Mich.,  April  5,  1880. 
Dr.  C.  Cullis: 

Dear  Brother.,  —  Please  call  to  mind  that  on  the  14th 
of  April,  1879,  I  sent  you  a  request  (from  Watkins, 
my  home) ,  having  just  then  a  strong  desire  for  some 
one  to  unite  with  me  in  my  petitions  to  God.  On  the 
16th,  I  received  a  line  from  you  that  on  the  22d, 
thi'ee  p.  M.,  my  request  would  be  remembered  in  the 
meeting.  That  day  and  hour,  the  Spirit  led  me  to  a 
more  full  consecration'  of  myself  to  the  Lord,  calliug 


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to  mind  an  unprofitable  life  of  weakness  and  imperfec¬ 
tions,  God’s  mercies,  and  the  Spirit’s  oft  refreshing 
visits  to  my  soul,  and  I  was  led  to  repentance  (such  as 
the  Spirit  gives)  for  the  former,  and  praise  and  thanks¬ 
giving  for  the  latter.  After  the  hour  thus  spent  alone 
with  God,  I  was  walking  out,  and  suddenly,  like  a 
flash,  came  light,  and  a  lifting  up  of  the  dark  cloud  so 
long  resting  down  upon  the  brain.  I  began  to  praise 
God  for  the  hand  of  His  presence,  who  alone  could 
give  rehef  to  my  weary  head,  and  to  all  His  suffering 
children.  I  was  reminded  of  Psalms  hi.  3.  I  am  3"et 
mentally  sick  ;  able,  with  the  weakness  in  my  head,  to  do 
only  a  little  personal  work  for  Christ  in  every-day  life. 
It  is  often  said  to  me,  “  How  much  I  miss  your  visits  !  ” 
and  again,  “  I  am  so  sorry  3"ou  are  laid  up  from  attend¬ 
ing  meetings!”  “We  miss  3"ou  in  our  session  meet¬ 
ings  !  ”  I  thank  God  I  am  remembered  and  missed.  I 
long  to  be  made  whole,  endued  with  more  power  from 
on  high,  more  fitness  for  the  blessed  work.  morn¬ 

ing  verse,  Isaiah  xxx.  15.)  I  thank  the  Lord.  My  faith 
is  being  severely  tried,  at  times  ;  but  through  the  VV^ord 
and  the  Spirit  helping  my  infirmities,  I  gain  the  vic¬ 
tor}^.  I  trust  the  Lord  is  preparing  me  for  greater 
usefulness  in  future. 

Yours  in  love  of  God, 

A.  F.  S. 

Johnson,  April  19,  1880. 

Dr.  Cullis  : 

Dear  Friend^  —  I  said  if  there  was  any  change  in  my 
spiritual  or  bodily  health  I  would  write  again.  I  feel 
that  God  has  heiird  and  answered  prayer  according  to 


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my  faith  I  am  better,  both  body  and  mind  ;  and  some¬ 
times  1  almost  feel  that  He  will  make  me  every  whit 
whole  I  want  to  be  sanctified,  soul  and  body,  and 
prepared  for  the  Master’s  use,  and  spend  the  remainder 
of  my  days  in  God’s  glorious  work.  Please  continue 
your  prayers  daily  for  me.  If  there  are  others  with 
strong  faith  like  your  own,  please  ask  them  to  pray  for 
me. 

Yours  truly, 

s.  s.  c. 

Hopkinton,  April  21,  1880. 

Dr  Cullis  : 

Gratefully  would  I  testify  to  God’s  goodness  in  im¬ 
proved  health  Nearly  a  year  ago,  I  called  to  see  you. 
During  your  prayer  with  and  for  me,  I  experienced  no 
such  change  as  some  speak  of,  but  felt  that  my  desire 
would  be  granted.  I  am  very  much  improved,  though 
not  entirely  cured.  My  eyes  were  very  weak,  so  could 
use  them  but  very  little,  not  at  all  some  days  ;  suffered 
also  ver}^  much  with  my  head,  and  had  difficulty  in 
using  my  arms. 

Great  as  is  the  temporal  blessing,  the  spiritual  good 
that  has  come  with  it  is  greater. 

Yours  in  Christ, 

J.  C.  P. 

Erie,  April  23,  1880. 

Dr.  Charles  Cullis,  Boston: 

Dear  Sir^  —  Some  weeks  since  T  addressed  you  from 
this  city,  making  request  for  united  prayer  in  behalf  of 
l^he  case  of  a  dear  friend,  to  which  3^ou  kindly  and 
promptly  responded,  appointing  Feb.  17.  To  us  has 


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been  verified  the  promise,  “  Where  two  or  thrqe,”  etc. 
The  dear  sister’s  written  testimony  please  find  enclosed. 

Sister  in  Christ, 

E.  H.  Stone. 

Erie,  Pa.,  April  25,  1880. 

According  to  previous  arrangement,  I  was  made  a 
subject  of  prayer,  Feb.  17,  1880.  The  three  days 
preceding  this  memorable  date,  I  was  very  ill ;  also  the 
early  part  of  the*  day,  17th.  Between  the  hours  of 
three  and  four  o’clock  (the  hour  appointed  for  prayer) 
I  commenced  feeling  better.  Since  that  date  have  dis¬ 
carded  all  remedies.  Have  steadily  improved,  until 
now  I  am  perfectly  well.  Praise  is  due  the  Divine 
Healer. 

Mrs.  Rev.  J.  A.  K. 

Holliston,  April  27,  1880. 

Dr.  Cullis  : 

Dear  Sir,  —  I  know  3'^ou  will  rejoice  with  me  that  at 
length  our  praj-ers  have  prevailed  to  a  considerable 
extent.  I  trusted  the  Lord  for  strength  to  go  to 
Boston,  and  He  gave  it,  with  this  marked  change  :  Be¬ 
fore,  I  could  sit  up  but  an  hour,  and  not  often  that, 
on  account  of  a  local  weakness  which,  although  a  new 
trouble,  has  kept  me  in  bed  because  I  could  not  have 
mj"  feet  lowered  without  very  much  suffering.  I  shrank 
from  the  pain  it  would  bring  bn,  but  thought  God 
would  take  care  of  me,  and  He  did.  I  have  been  out 
to  every  meal  since  I  came  home,  have  been  able  to 
walk  out  doors  a  little  (which  I  have  not  done  before 
for  three  months),  and  have  ridden  out  once.  Isn’t 


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that  a  great  change  ?  I  cannot  sit  up  all  the  forenoon , 
and  I  cannot  stand  many  minutes.  My  hands  feel 
much  more  natural  than  for  a  long  time.  Although 
the  cords  of  my  right  arm  are  still  somewhat  stiff  and 
lame,  as  I  have  for  so  long  raised  upon  my  elbow  in 
bed  to  favor  my  spine,  yet  that  and  many  other  symp¬ 
toms  are  better. 

The  soreness  of  the  spine  still  continues,  and  the 
jarring  of  the  floor  near  me  causes  pain.  When  my 
Father  takes  the  extreme  sensitiveness  to  a  jar  away, 
I  shall  gain  rapidly ;  and  I  believe  He  will  do  it,  for 
He  says,  “Behold  I  am  the  Lord,  the  God  of  all  flesh: 
is  there  anything  too  hard  for  me  ?  ”  I  regret  I  cannot 
be  under  3'our  care  for  several  daj^s,  believing  I  should 
be  much  benefited  thereb}'' ;  but  since  it  is  impossible 
for  me  to  be  in  Boston,  and  it  will  take  no  more  of 
3’our  time  for  me  to  write  you  than  to  talk  with  3’ou, 
will  you  not  pray  for  me  again  (giving  thanks  for 
benefits  alread3^  received) ,  that  I  ma3"  immediatel3"  be 
able  to  bear  the  jarring  and  noise  of  ordinaiy  house¬ 
work,  in  the  room  where  1  may  be  sitting,  and  that  my 
strength  ma3^  come  more  rapidty  ?  1  ask  with  reverence, 
believing  He  is  not  only  able  but  willing  to  grant  this 
request.  I  assure  you,  however  weak  my  faith  ma3" 
have  seemed^  it  is  within,  and  I  do  believe  will  triumph 
sooner  or  later.  1  thank  3^ou  very  much  for  3"onr 
kindness,  and  only  regret  I  am  unable  to  show  it  in 
a  tangible  form. 

Very  truly  3^ours, 

L.  E.  A. 

P.  S.  —  Couldn’t  have  written  m3"self  any  time  pre- 
viousl3^ 


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Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  May  3,  1880. 

Dr.  Cullis  : 

Dear  Brother^  —  You  remember  I  visited  you  when 
in  Boston  in  regard  to  my  health,  and  my  faith  ap¬ 
propriated  the  promise  for  healing.  I  went  out  that 
evening  reckoning  it  done,  and  the  Lord  made  it  afact. 
1  have  been  steadily  at  work  in  the  vine3"ard  ever  since, 
and  have  not  known  such  days  of  health  for  five  years. 
It  seems  like  being  in  heaven  to  be  well  again. 

Yours  in  our  Lord  Jesus, 

L.  M.  B. 

New  York,  Saturday  Morning. 

Dr.  Cullis  : 

I  have  just  heard  that  you  are  in  town.  You  will 
perhaps  remember  my  name.  I  visited  you  a  few 
weeks  since  for  cure  through  faith  of  nervous  dyspep¬ 
sia.  I  am  much  improved,  and  have  felt  so  peaceful 
and  trusting  ever  since  !  1  should  be  so  glad  to  welcome 

you  here  ;  cannot  you  give  me  a  few  moments  at  least 
this  eve?  Please  accept  the  enclosed  for  Jesus’  sake, 
and  many,  many  thanks  for  jour  pra^^ers  for  me. 
Should  I  not  see  you,  may  1  ask  that  you  pray  for  me 
at  next  Tuesday’s  meeting,  that  I  may  be  strengthened 
in  faith  and  entirely  healed,  so  that  I  may  work  for 
Jesus  in  any  way  that  He  may  see  fit  to  call  me? 

Very  hastily,  your  friend, 

C.  W.  F. 
Dighton,  May  19,  1880. 

Dr.  Cullis: 

You  wanted  me  to  write  the  particulars  of  the  healing 
of  my  little  boy’s  eye.  I  am  glad  to  do  so  ;  I  have 


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told  a  few  friends,  yet  have  said  little  here,  for  it 
would  not  be  appreciated,  —  faith  is  so  weak  ! 

He  received  a  blow  on  one  eye,  which  caused  the 
lid  to  swell ;  and  it  was  so  much  inflamed  that  he 
could  scarcely  open  it  at  first,  and  when  he  did  he 
could  not  bear  the  light  at  all.  He  was  obliged  to 
keep  it  bandaged  or  shaded  for,  1  think,  nearly  two 
months.  We  supposed  the  eye  would  be  all  well  as 
soon  as  the  inflammation  was  gone,  so  used  to  bathe 
it  in  cold  water,  and  thought  it  would  soon  be  all  well. 

But  as  the  weeks  passed  on,  and  it  pained  him  at 
intervals  very  much,  I  felt  very  anxious.  Friends  ad¬ 
vised  me  to  see  a  physician.  I  felt  sure  the  Great 
Healer  was  willing  to  heal,  if  I  would  only  trust.  I 
used  to  talk  with  Emmons  (the  little  boy’s  name),  and 
ask  him  what  he  thought.  He  had  faith  that  Jesus 
would  make  it  well  in  his  own  time,  without  medicine. 
As  it  grew  more  painful,  I  wrote  3’ou,  requesting 
prayer,  yet  it  did  not  get  well  at  once ;  and  then  a 
snow-ball  was  thrown  by  another  bo}^  striking  it  again. 

About  three  weeks  after  I  wrote  you  it  was  a  very 
dark  da3^  Never  had  the  eye  been  more  painful,  and 
how  earnest!}^  I  besought  the  Lord  that  it  might  be 
shown  that  it  was  healed,  as  I  believed  it  was,  in  answer 
to  3’our  praj’ers  !  1  felt  a  measure  of  faith  that  it  was 
really  healed,  even  though  I  saw  no  sign :  a  test  of 
faith,  it  seemed  to  me,  for  the  Lord  often  keeps  me 
waiting  long  after  I  think  I  have  asked  in  faith. 

This  day  I  spoke  of  was  the  Sabbath.  Emmons 
retired,  and  slept  as  he  usually  did,  quite  well ;  and 
in  the  morning,  when  he  awoke,  I  expected  to  find  him 
ciying  with  pain  as  usual :  but  hearing  him  move,  I 


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spoke  and  asked  him  if  his  eye  ached.  He  said,  “  No  ; 
it  is  all  well.  It  does  not  ache  at  all.  It  itches.” 
From  that  time,  it  has  been  just  as  well  as  the  other. 
His  eyes  are  rather  weak. 

He  did  seem  so  happy  and  full  of  joy,  I  could  not 
help  feeling  it  was  the  Lord’s  own  blessing.  He  was 
sure  it  was  an  answer  to  prayer,  and  my  heart  praises 
God  that  He  does  hear  His  children’s  cry. 

Yours  in  Christ, 

S.  J.  B. 

\ 

South  Royalston,  Mass.,  May  31. 

Dr.  Cullis  : 

Dear  Sir,  —  I  have  been  thinking  for  a  long  time  of 
writing  to  you.  You  may  remember  my  writing  to  you 
about  three  years  ago,  requesting  your  prayers,  that  I 
might  be  restored  to  health.  The  dear  Father  has 
granted  that  request,  after  thirty  years  of  suffering. 

From  your  sister  in  Christ, 

A.  B. 

New  York,  Feb.  18,  1880. 

Dear  Brother  : 

I  sincerely  beg  your  pardon  for  not  communicating 
with  you  before.  But  the  fact  is,  I  did  n’t  want  to  write 
while  I  was  in  a  state  of  despondency,  which  state  lasted 
till  the  new  year  set  in.  Just  before  the  first  day  of 
January,  I  purchased  an  almanac  at  the  Willard  Tract 
Repository  (New  Y^ork  Branch),  and  commenced  to 
read  the  little  passages.  I  would  get  them  by  heart 
the  night  beforehand :  I  thought  as  they  were  God’s 
words  they  must  be  important ;  and  though  I  could  not 


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at  first  understand  how  or  when  they  were  to  be  used 
by  me,  yet  I  clung  to  them.  About  the  thirteenth  day 
I  began  to  get  strength,  so  I  was  encouraged  to  keep 
on,  which  I  did  ;  and  my  desire  began  to  grow  for  the 
W ord,  until  I  could  scarcely  wait  for  one  day  to  be  ended 
before  I  wanted  to  see  what  the  Lord  would  say  to  me 
on  the  next  day.  The  prophet  expresses  it  exactly, 
when  he  says,  “  Thy  words  were  found,  and  I  did  eat 
them^  and  they  were  the  joy  and  rejoicing  of  mine  heart.” 

Well,  this  state  of  things  kept  up  until  Jan.  21,  when 
the  message  was,  “Casting  all  your  care  on  Him,  for 
He  careth  for  you.”  At  first  it  did  not  strike  me  very 
forcibly,  but  later  in  the  day  I  saw  the  power  in  that 
voice  of  the  living  God  as  I  had  never  seen  it  before. 
It  was  in  this  wise  :  — 

I  have  been  troubled  with  a  headache  since  I  was  six 
years  of  age.  My  head  would  ache  violently  for  three 
or  four  hours,  then  I  would  become  sick  at  my  stomach, 
and  throw  off  everything  I  had  eaten.  I  had  tried  every 
remedy  I  knew  of,  until  I  was  discouraged,  and  con¬ 
cluded  that  perhaps  this  was  my  “  thorn  in  the  flesh,’’ 
and  it  was  not  God’s  will  that  I  should  be  cured  of 
it.  Yet  I  could  not  rest  in  that  thought ;  and  want  to 
say;  just  here,  that  I  believe  this  is  one  of  the  devil’s 
best  arguments  to  keep  souls  from  finding  out  God’s 
power  and  love  to  us  poor  mortals.  But  on  the  21st  of 
January,  Satan  had  God’s  own  voice  to  set  at  naught, 
and  He  was,  bless  the  Lord,  unable  to  do  it ! 

In  my  attacks  of  headache  I  was  totally  unfitted  for 
duties  of  any  kind  ;  and  the  day  following,  I  would  be 
so  weakened  that  I  was  almost  useless.  Well,  this  day 
I  speak  of,  I  felt  my  old  complaint  coming  on,  and  I 


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had  a  good  many  other  ills  pressing  me  besides. 
Then  God  spoke  to  me  by  His  word,  saying,  “Cast 
your  care  on  Me  ;  / care  for  you.”  I  did  so.  I  cast 
everything;  unbelief,  doubt,  headache,  “perhaps  it  is 
not  God’s  will,”  and  all,  all  on  the  Lord.  In  less  time 
than  it  takes  me  to  write  it,  my  headache  was  gone. 
I  went  about  my  work  glorifying  God,  and  telling  those 
to  whom  the  Spirit  seemed  to  lead  me.  I  tell  you  1  was 
happy!  I  could  say,  “Bless  the  Lord,  O  my  soul, 
who  forgive th  all  thine  iniquities,  who  healeth  all  thy  dis¬ 
eases.” 

But  the  fight  was  not  over  yet.  The  next  day  I 
caught  a  severe  cold,  which  with  me  is  always  followed 
by  a  raging  headache.  I  awoke  the  next  morning  with  a 
very  severe  one.  I  asked  the  Lord  what  that  meant. 
I  had  my  message  the  night  before  ;  it  was  this  :  ‘  ‘  The 
Lord  shall  be  seen  over  them”  (Zech.  ix.  14).  The 
Spirit  showed  me  that  the  Lord  would  be  seen  over  that 
headache.  So  I  pra3^ed  God  to  cure  me  of  it.  After  I 
had  praj^ed,  this  came  to  me,  “  Do  you  believe  it  will  be 
done?”  I  said,  “Yes.”  Then  the  suggestion  came, 
“  If  you  believe  the  Lord  will  do  it,  3"Ou  will  go  about 
3^our  work,  just  as  though  it  was  4one.”  It  had  not 
stopped ;  but  I  got  up  and  went  to  m3"  work,  my  head 
aching  violently  all  the  time.  Satan  was  as  busy  as  a 
bee,  asking  why  my  head  did  not  stop  aching:  I  had 
asked  and  believed,  and  yet  it  had  not  stopped  I  But 
God’s  word  rose  above  him  :  “  The  Lord  shall  he  seen 
ocer  them”  So  I  fought  the  devil  with  these  words  till 
near  noon,  when  my  faith  began  to  stagger.  The  devil 
very  cunningly  suggested  that  God  would  not  do  it  for 
me,  and  I  began  to  think  so  ;  when  these  words  came 


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with  powerful  weight,  “  It  is  impossible  for  God  to  lie!'' 
1  did  not  remember  at  the  time  to  have  seen  these 
words  anywhere,  but  I  felt  sure  they  were  God’s  words, 
because  the  devil  fled  in  an  instant. 

I  went  home  and  ate  dinner,  a  thing  I  never  before 
attempted  to  do  when  in  such  a  condition,  because  I 
could  not  keep  food  on  my  stomach.  But  I  sat  down 
by  faith,  and  ate,  and  God  rewarded  me.  But  I  had  a 
hal’d  flght  all  the  afternoon  ;  and  when  I  went  home  to 
supper  I  felt  as  though  I  could  not  eat  a  mouthful,  I 
was  so  sick.  Yet  I  believed  God  would  cure  me,  and  I 
sat  down  and  ate,  and  then  went  out  to  my  duties  as 
usual. 

Finally,  when  I  was  all  alone,  and  my  faith  nearlj^ 
gone,  and  when  I  felt  I  could  not  hold  out  any  longer, 
these  words  came  with  strength  to  my  soul :  ‘  ‘  Thy  word 
is  settled  in  heaven."  I  thought,  “  But  not  on  earth”  ; 
when  a  rebuke  —  kind  and  gentle,  but  oh,  how  power¬ 
ful  !  —  came  to  me  :  “If  we  believe  not,  yet  He  abideth 
faithful."  It  was  enough ;  it  settled  me.  I  stopped 
doubting,  and  trusted ;  yes,  rested  in  the  belief  that 
God  would  cure  me.  It  did  not  make  any  difference  if 
it  was  not  done  till  the  next  year  ;  an3^way  I  would  be¬ 
lieve,  and  God  would  give  me  the  victory.  And  in  the 
twinkling  of  an  eye  the  pain  left  me,  and  I  am  cured, 
bless  the  Lord  !  I  have  not  had  a  headache  since,  but 
only  little  trials,  which  have  left  me  as  soon  as  my  soul 
returned  to  its  rest.  I  am  growing  stronger  every  day. 
My  friends  say  I  never  looked  better. 

I  write  this  for  the  honor  and  glory  of  God,  who 
kept  me  from  fainting  by  the  way. 

Your  brother  in  the  Lord, 


W.  M.  H. 


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Dorchester,  Mass.,  Aug.  25,  1880. 

In  July  of  1879,  I  badly  sprained  my  ankle,  causing 
intense  pain.  With  the  first  sensation  of  the  injury, 
there  seemed  to  settle  down  over  me  a  cloud  of  grace, 
and  the  words  came  :  “  This  sickness  is  for  the  glory  of 
God,  that  the  Son  of  God  might  be  glorified  thereby.” 
With  much  difficulty  and  assistance  I  arrived  at  my 
home.  The  limb  began  at  once  to  swell,  and  became 
badly  infiamed.  I  was  unable  to  bear  the  least  weight 
on  it.  The  day  following,  could  only  get  down  stairs 
to  my  meals  by  crawling  on  my  knees.  The  bandage 
and  soothing  lotion  applied  seemed  to  have  no  effect 
whatever.  Friends  said,  “You  will  have  a  long  time 
with  such  an  ankle  as  that.”  This  same  evening.  Dr. 
Peck  came  in  to  see  me,  and  remarked,  “  Dr.  Cullis 
says  you  need  not  be  laid  by  with  this :  the  Lord  can 
heal  it  7iow.”  And  he  added,  “We  have  prayed  to¬ 
gether  about  it.”  I  fully  believed  the  promise  (James 
V.  14,  15),  as  we  claimed  it  together  in  prayer;  and 
strength  was  instantlj^  given  to  walk,  which  I  did,  mov¬ 
ing  quickly  across  the  room  several  times,  without  any 
inconvenience.  Bandages  were  taken  off,  and  applica¬ 
tion  stopped,  and  I  moved  about  as  before  the  sprain, 
stepping  by  faith.  The  day  following  the  healing,  it 
seemed  as  if  the  pain  was  returning ;  but  faith  kept 
saying,  “  I  am  healed.  The  promise  is  fulfilled,”  and 
more  strength  seemed  thus  to  accrue.  And  although 
the  inflammation  did  not  fully  subside  for  nearly  a 
week,  and  all  the  swelling  for  a  month,  still  the  Lord 
in  answer  to  the  prayer  of  faith  healed  instantly  my 
sprained  limb,  so  far  as  anyj)am  was  concerned.  To 
llis  dear  name,  “  The  Saviour  of  the  body,”  be  all  the 
glory!  ,  F.  D.  S. 


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Dorchester,  Mass.,  Jan.  8,  1880. 

I  HAVE  been  an  invalid  for  years  ;  indeed,  I  never  was 
well.  Oct.  1,  1879,  I  called  on  Dr.  Ciillis,  hoping  and 
expecting  to  receive  benefit  from  his  prayers.  After 
hearing  my  story,  he  asked  me  if  I  belie '^ed  the  prom¬ 
ise  recorded  in  James  v.  14  and  15.  I  replied  I  was 
endeavoring  to  rest  on  the  promise.  He  then  prayed 
for  me,  and  I  felt  an  increase  of  faith,  yes,  an  assur¬ 
ance  that  God  healed  my  diseases  ;  and  the  power  of 
God  so  rested  upon  me  that  I  was  unable  immediately 
to  go  home.  Wave  after  wave  of  divine  power  swept 
over  me,  accompanied  with  such  a  heaven  of  sweetness 
as  I  cannot  find  words  to  express.  After  a  few  days, 
finding  I  had  not  the  full  consciousness  that  all  disease 
was  removed,  1  called  on  Dr.  Cullis  again,  and  he  said 
that  also  could  be  received  by  the  prayer  of  faith.  He 
prayed  for  me  ;  and  while  I  was  returning  home,  I  felt 
a  strength  and  soundness  come  into  me.  And  now  I 
can  say,  to  the  glory  and  honor  of  God,  I  am  healed  of 
all  my  diseases. 

H.  M.  R. 

Detroit,  Mich.,  Ang.  26,  1880. 

About  the  middle  of  last  winter,  I  found  myself 
losing  strength,  in  spite  of  all  tonics,  and  soon  after 
found  a  bunch  in  my  right  breast  which  struck  terror  to 
my  heart,  for  my  grandmother  died  with  cancer,  after 
once  having  her  entire  breast  removed.  I  have  from 
early  childhood  been  subject  to  taint  in  my  blood, 
always  showing  itself  in  one  form  or  other.  I  at  once 
associated  this  bunch  with  the  sensations  I  had  been 
experiencing  from  that  centre,  like  the  instantaneous 


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shootings  of  numerous  fine  cambric  needles,  outward 
towards  the  surface  of  the  breast.  I  sent  to  our  family 
physician,  a  Christian  man,  and  took  his  medicine 
faithfull}^  night  and  morning,  and  night  and  morning 
used  the  application  as  directed,  never  failing  except 
when  getting  out  of  the  medicine.  At  all  these  times, 
occasional!}",  I  had  to  wait  two  daj^s  before  I  could  be 
supplied,  and  the  result  was  such  as  to  alarm  me.  My 
hope  and  fear  alternated  until  about  the  first  of  June, 
1880,  nearly  six  months  from  the  discovery.  I  saw 
plainly  that  we  were  fast  losing  control  of  the  disease. 
It  was  rapidly  gaining  the  ascendency.  The  medicine 
was  scarcely  holding  it  in  check  any  longer.  The  breast 
was  very  much  swollen,  and  very  sore.  Every  move¬ 
ment  of  my  right  arm  pained  me,  and  the  pains  had 
deepened,  and  took  such  hold  of  me  that  I  was  often 
sick  and  faint  during  the  intervals  of  pain.  I  even 
had  to  put  extra  covering  over  this  breast,  to  protect  it 
from  the  summer  evening  breeze.  About  this  time  my 
husband  asked  me  if  I  would  like  to  go  to  the  ‘  ‘  Believ¬ 
ers’  Conference,”  which  was  to  be  held  at  Clifton 
Springs,  N.  Y.  I  thought  I  was  hardly  able  to  enjoy 
it ;  but  the  subject  kept  reverting  to  my  mind,  till  I 
asked  the  Lord  if  He  had  a  special  blessing  for  me  there. 
It  seemed  laid  on  my  heart  to  go,  and  1  went,  praying 
the  Lord  to  meet  me  there,  and  bless  my  soul,  feeling 
also  that  He  had  something  preparing  for  me  there 
with  reference  to  my  disease.  The  conference  opened 
on  the  morning  of  June  24  1880,  and  continued 

through  six  days.  Up  to  the  morning  of  the  last  day, 
I  had  received  no  new  views  of  my  Lord,  and  nothing 
about  my  sickness.  I  had  desired  to  consult  with  sev- 


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eral  physicians,  but  my  husband  objected  until  this 
morning,  when  he  said,  “  Dr.  Peck  is  here;  he  is  an 
associate  with  Dr.  Cullis,  of  Boston.  He  will  be  hon¬ 
est  with  you  and  tell  you  the  whole  truth,  and  I  shall 
have  confidence  in  what  he  will  say.”  God  knows 
how  my  heart  seized  upon  that,  and  responded,  “  This 
is  what  I  came  here  for.  I  did  not  know  it  before ,  but 
this  is  it.”  The  interview  was  held,  and  Dr.  Peck  told 
me  I  had  a  cancer,  and  that  there  was  no  earthly  help 
for  me  ;  but  almost  immediately  added,  ‘  ‘  The  Lord  can 
cure  you.”  After  some  further  conversation,  an  ap¬ 
pointment  was  arranged  to  be  held  at  our  rooms  for 
prayer,  and  then  we  all  went  to  the  tent  to  the  meet¬ 
ing.  I  could  scarcely  refrain  from  asking  all  I  knew  to 
praise  the  Lord  with  me,  for  it  seemed  1  almost  heard 
a  voice  repeating  over  and  over,  “  Before  they  call  will 
I  answer.”  This  was  all  I  heard  in  that  meeting.  At 
the  appointed  time,  Dr.  Peck  came  to  our  room,  and 
prayed  the  Lord  to  let  “  His  power  rest  on  me  for 
healing,  and  for  service,”  pleading  James  v.  14,  15  ; 
using  the  oil  as  there  directed.  During  the  prayer  the 
pain  and  the  soreness  left  the  breast,  and  were  sup¬ 
planted  by  a  warm,  vigorous  feeling  of  health,  a  de¬ 
light  to  me,  for  the  finger  of  God  had  been  doing  its 
work.  Had  I  not  experienced  a  sensation  I  should 
have  felt  as  safe,  for  I  had  the  word  of  Christ,  “  It  shall 
be  done.”  “  The  prayer  of  faith  shall.^  etc.”  What 
shall  I  say  of  the  blessed  '-'‘Presence”  in  my  soul? 
Even  sins  ‘  ‘  shall  be  forgiven  ”  when  this  promise  is 
applied  !  I  went  about  like  k  new  being,  although  the 
breast  had  changed  only  in  being  free  from  soreness 
and  pain.  It  looked  the  same  as  before  the  prayer. 


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The  next  day,  June  30,  I  made  the  journey  from  Clif¬ 
ton  to  Detroit,  reaching  the  house  a  little  before  ten 
o’clock,  P.  M. 

Immediately  my  daughter,  aged  fourteen  years,  ex¬ 
claimed,  “  Wliy^  mamma^  are  you  cured?  Mamma^ 
mamma^  are  you  cured?”  She  would  not  be  pacified 
when  I  told  her,  “  The  Lord  has  blessed  m3'  soul,”  but 
repeated,  Are  you  cured?”  No  one  had  known  the 
thought  in  my  heart  with  reference  to  m3'  going  to  Clif¬ 
ton,  and  I  was  touched  by  this  testimonial  from  my 
3'oung  daughter  ;  for  when  I  asked  her  what  made  her 
think  of  such  a  thing,  she  replied,  “  You  look  so  well 
and  so  fresh.  I  hardly  expected  you  could  get  into  the 
house  alone,  after  3'our  journey.”  The  Lord  Himself 
had  been  with  me  all  the  da3',  and  His  company  kept 
me  fresh.  On  the  morning  of  July  2,  “  Satan  came 
also,”  and  tried  to  torment  me  with  the  fact  that  my 
breast  looked,  and  appeared  to  the  touch,  as  bad  as 
ever.  I  tried  to  put  him  to  flight,  but  had  not  strength 
for  that.  I  besought  God  to  direct  me  to  some  word 
of  His  to  hold  on  by.  I  opened  the  Bible  at  the  ac¬ 
count  of  Nebuchadnezzar’s  vision,  and  read  that  Daniel 
asked  God  to  reveal  to  him  the  secret  of  another  man’s 
heart,  and  the  Lord  revealed  it  and  Daniel  told  the 
king  it  was  not  because  he  was  any  different  from  other 
men,  but  because  his  God  was  different  from  other 
gods.  So  also  the  three  men  threatened  with  the  fiery 
furnace  replied,  ‘■‘Our  God  is  able.  He  will  deliver 
us.”  Their  God,  I  thought,  is  my  God,  “the  same 
yesterday,  to-day,  and  forever.”  I  had  my  word..  The 
next  morning  I  awakened  with  the  same  conflict,  and 
this  time  I  opened  the  Bible  to  Col.  iii  16.  Every  word 


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of  that  sentence  was  opened  to  me  with  emphasis. 
“  Let  the  Word  of  Christ  dwell  in  you  richly.”  I 
dropped  my  hands  with  “  Glory  to  God!  I  will”  ; 
and  all  that  day  1  hung  on  the  Word  of  Christ,  and 
it  sounded  in  my  ears,  ^'‘It  shall  he  (Matt,  xviii. 

19.)  I  went  to  bed  that  night  so  fatigued  I  could  not 
think  at  all.  My  head  ached,  and  I  should  not  have 
slept,  but  I  said,  “Dear  Lord,  please  help  me  to  sleep, 
1  am  so  tired.  I  am  going  to  stop  holding  on  to  God, 
and  let  Him  hold  on  to  me.”  1  slept  all  night,  and  on 
the  next  morning  told  my  two  children  we  would  give 
the  Lord  a  psalm  of  praise  this  time  ;  and  veril}^  before 
the  psalm  was  finished  we  read,  “The  Lord  will  per¬ 
fect  that  which  concerneth  me.”  This  was  Sunday, 
July  4,  and  on  Monday  I  got  another  as  signal 
and  unasked  token.  The  Word  was  dwelling  in  me 
richly,  and  I  was  at  rest.  Tuesda}"  afternoon,  July  6, 
just  one  week  from  the  prayer  at  Clifton,  my  breast 
went  down  in  size,  and  was  like  the  other,  and  so 
remains  to-day,  Aug.  26.  In  this  connection  it  is 
proper  to  add  that  Dr.  Peck  prayed  that  the  Lord 
would  remove  the  cancer  and  all  tendency  to  cancer, 
and  purify  the  blood  wholly.  I  am  now  just  as  well  as 
before  any  symptoms  of  cancer  showed  themselves, 
and  in  many  respects  feel  better. 

The  Lord  has  since  answered  other  prayers  for  me 
and  my  family,  and  I  trust  we  shall  all  be  “  kept  for 
the  Master's  use."  L.  E.  W. 

Bridgeville,  Del.,  Sept.  17,  1880. 

Dear  Dr.  Cullis  : 

In  order  to  redeem  my  promise,  I  write  to  let  you 
know  how  I  am  getting  along.  Perhaps  you  expected 


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to  have  heard  from  me  earlier,  but  I  stayed  with  friends 
ill  Philadelphia  until  Tuesday. 

While  you  were  praying  for  me  I  felt  a  warmth  go  all 
through  me,  and  when  you  asked  me  if  it  were  done, 
had  I  answered  according  to  my  feelings  I  should  have 
said  yes  ;  but  you  told  me  that  I  must  not  go  by  feel¬ 
ings,  but  believe  it  done.  1  believed  that  the  work 
was  begun,  but  not  finished,  so  that  I  hesitated  about 
saying  that  it  was  done  when  I  only  thought  it  begun. 
I  went  to  m}"  boarding  place,  and  got  ready  and  went 
to  the  boat.  It  rocked  considerably,  and  my  sleep  was 
disturbed,  but  I  have  been  improving  since.  I  am 
stronger  in  bod}^  my  appetite  is  better,  and  I  can  move 
my  head  and  neck  in  certain  directions  that  I  could  not 
previous  to  m3'  visit  to  3'ou.  I  have  used  no  application 
excepting  a  cloth  moistened  with  water.  I  am  holding 
on  to  God,  and  believe  that  He  will  do  what  He  has 
promised 

Pray  for  me,  and  please  let  me  hear  from  you. 

Yours  in  the  Lord, 

N.  W.  McM. 


Hinsdale,  N.  H  ,  Sept.  8,  1880. 
Dear  Brother  in  Christ: 

Yours  of  the  7th  is  received.  You  would  lil^e  to 
know  how  long  it  was  after  my  husband  requested 
prayers  for  me,  before  I  began  to  recover.  He  sa3^s 
I  knew  him  the  second  day,  which  was  April  8,  1878, 
and  the  third  da}^  1  talked,  and  was  rational  for  three 
hours,  and  then  m3"  mind  was  wandering  for  one  week. 
After  that  I  talked  three  or  four  hours,  and  was  rational, 
and  knew  people,  and  so  on  for  a  few  weeks,  gradually 


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gaining.  The  26th  of  July  I  wrote  a  letter  to  my 
brother  and  sister  in  New  Haven,  which  they  were 
surprised  to  receive  from  me  :  for  all  which  I  give  G  od 
the  glory.  May  the  Lord  bless  you,  Dr.  CuUis,  in 
your  labors  of  love. 

E.  E.  H. 

Fall  River,  Mass.,  Sept.  28,  1880. 

Charles  Cullis: 

My  Dear  Brother^  —  Thinking  that  all  evidence  such 
as  I  am  called  upon  to  give  is  like  wine,  all  the  better 
for  having  age  upon  it,  I  have  not  been  in  much  haste 
to  supply  my  testimony.  Meeting  with  Brother  G-.  B. 
Peck  the  other  day,  at  Northfield,  he  spoke  of  thy  in¬ 
tention  of  soon  publishing  a  book  on  healing  by  the 
power  of  faith,  and  mentioned  the  desirableness  of 
securing  suitable  matter  at  an  early  day.  I  have  im- 
.  proved  the  first  opportunity  to  write  the  enclosed  state¬ 
ment,  which  is  at  thy  service.  I  could  have  greatly 
extended  it,  but  the  main  facts  are  stated  simply  that 
the  faith  of  other  sufferers  may  be  strengthened,  and 
that  God  may  be  glorified.  The  blessing  of  the  Lord 
rest  upon  thee. 

In  the  love  of  Christ, 

Henry  C.  Aydelott. 

Fall  River,  Mass.,  Sept.  28,  1880. 

The  history  of  my  disease  is  simply  the  old  story  of 
nervous  prostration,  superinduced  by  loss  of  sleep,  hard 
study,  and  overwork.  The  decline  began  in  1873. 
For  two  years  subsequently  there  was  no  strength  for 
either  physical  or  mental  effort.  The  most  skilful  phy- 


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sicians  treated  the  case  with  no  satisfactory  results. 
Two  ladies  during  this  time  joined  together  for  united 
prayer  that  my  health  might  be  restored.  This  was 
answered  in  a  partial  return  of  strength,  insomuch  that 
I  could  walk,  read  some,  and  write  a  little,  and  occa¬ 
sionally  engage  in  my  ministerial  work  ;  but  each  effort 
of  body  or  mind  would  always  be  followed  by  exhaus¬ 
tion,  requiring  two  and  sometimes  six  to  ten  days  for 
recovery.  Gradually  the  disease  located  itself  in  the 
upper  portion  of  the  spine,  the  nerve  centre  between 
the  (r  boulders  becoming  the  seat  of  constant  pain  and 
suffering,  often  in  a  state  of  inflammation  or  congestion, 
involving  the  brain,  as  well  as  the  whole  spinal  column. 
No  remedies  were  of  any  avail.  Some  experiments 
were  of  great  injury.  Finally,  by  the  middle  of  the  sum¬ 
mer  of  1879,  the  nerves  of  the  stomach,  from  sympathy, 
were  implicated ;  digestion  became  so  much  impaired 
that  my  strength  began  rapidly  to  fail.  I  saw  my 
former  state  of  helplessness  returning  with  the  addition 
of  new  complications.  I  knew  what  had  been,  and 
could  calculate  pretty  surely  what  was  before  me :  a 
season  of  helpless  languishing,  with  no  human  prospect 
of  release  but  in  death.  Friends  spoke  of  Dr.  Cullis 
and  his  work.  I  wrote  him  as  best  I  could  an  account 
of  the  case,  thinking,  or  even  hoping,  this  would  be 
sufficient.  He  never  received  the  letter.  As  the  days 
and  weeks  wore  on,  the  future  grew  more  dark,  the  last 
ra}^  of  earthly  hope  was  gone,  and  a  firm  faith  in  the 
power  of  prayer  took  its  place.  With  much  difficulty 
and  great  suffering,  I  reached  the  rooms  of  Dr.  Cullis, 
Jan.  15,  1880,  at  2  p.  m.  A  brief  account  of  my 
trouble  was  given.  A  few  preliminary  but  pointed 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS.  95 

questions  were  asked  me,  and  we  knelt  in  prayer.  It 
was  simple  but  fervent.  The  power  was  so  manifest  that 
on  rising  from  our  knees,  I  as  sensibly  felt  the  disease 
separated  from  me,  as  light  is  separated  from  darkness. 
We  were  no  longer  a  unity.  I  could  think  of  my  dis¬ 
ease  as  one  thing,  and  myself  another,  and  that  as  a 
thing  that  was  gone.  But  I  was  disappointed.  1  ex¬ 
pected  to  feel  the  return  of  strength  as  well  as  the 
departure  of  the  malady.  I  was  not  strong  ;  m}^  faith 
was  to  be  tested.  I  looked  for  all  to  be  done  by  one 
act  of  faith.  Days  passed,  and  still  I  had  no  strength. 
At  times  I  was  sorely  tempted,  but  I  said,  “  Though  He 
slay  me,  yet  will  I  trust  in  him.”  This  state  of  things 
continued  until  the  night  of  Feb.  6,  1880.  As  usual,  a 
Bible  class,  which  my  wife  had  organized  and  conducted, 
met  in  our  room.  On  that  evening  it  was  opened  by 
the  superintendent  of  our  Sabbath  school.  In  his 
praj’^er,  special  request  was  made  for  the  restoration  of 
my  strength.  I  not  only  felt  a  special  power  in  it,  but 
I  also  felt  that  the  entire  company  were  joined  in  it  as 
with  one  heart.  Before  the  prayer  was  ended,  I  felt  my 
strength  return.  It  was  a  sensation  unmistakable  as 
the  warmth  of  a  summer  sun  at  noonday.  Since  that 
night  to  the  date  of  this,  I  have  been  as  well  as  in  any 
former  period  of  my  life.  Instead  of  wakeful  nights  of 
pain  and  restlessness,  it  is  now  sweet  rest,  and  slum¬ 
bers  gentle  as  those  of  a  babe.  Severe  tests  of  my 
strength  unavoidably,  not  purposely,  have  demonstrated 
the  genuineness  of  the  cure.  “  But  thanks  be  unto  God, 
which  giveth  us  the  victory  through  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ.” 


H.  C.  A. 


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Purchase,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  16,  1880. 

Dr.  Charles  Cullis  : 

Dear  Friend^  —  Thou  may  remember  that  my  wife 
and  I  called  at  thy  office  with  Louisa  Painter,  who  was 
at  that  time  in  poor  health.  She  believed  she  was  re¬ 
stored  in  answer  to  the  prayer  of  faith,  and  has  been 
laboring  in  our  dear  Master’s  service  since  that  time  in 
North  Carolina.  We  thought  the  enclosed  card  from 
her  might  interest  thee.  We  send  a  check  for  $5.00,  to 
use  for  whatever  purpose  seems  most  to  require  aid. 

In  Christian  love,  thy  friend, 

R.  S.  Collins. 

Brush  Hill,  N.  C.,  July  29,  1880. 

Dear  Friends^  —  I ’m  home  at  last,  and  very  busy 
trying  to  get  into  my  new  house,  which. is  nearly  com¬ 
pleted  ;  want  to  rest  there  two  or  three  weeks  before  I 
begin  work  again,  but  it  takes  time  and  much  effort.  I 
closed  for  my  promised  rest  with  nearly  1,100  profes¬ 
sions  of  faith  in  Christ  as  result  of  year’s  work.  All 
praise  to  Him  who  hath  wrought  the  work  !  I  wanted 
to  attend  Ohio  Y.  M.,  but  have  about  concluded  to 
labor  on  here,  there  are  so  many  cries  for  help.  Will 
probably  go  back  toward  the  mountains.  It  is  remark¬ 
able  how  my  health  has  kept  up  to  work  during  the  hot 
weather.  How  thankful  I  ought  to  be  !  My  house  is 
very  handsome ;  a  nice  present  indeed.  The  books 
thou  spake  of  in  thy  kind  favor,  I  fear  are  lost  in  the 
mail,  as  I  find  them  not  here.  I  was  pleased  at  the 
thought  of  having  some  report  of  Dr.  Cullis’s  work,  it 
would  be  of  interest  to  so  many  people.  I  received  by 


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kindness  of  friends  three  copies  of  “  Christian’s  Secret 
of  Happy  Life,”  and  have  ordered  others  rQ3’self. 

Love  to  th}"  dear  family  and  other  friends. 

Very  truly, 

L.  Painter. 

Chalybeate  Springs,  Aug.  9,  1880. 

Dr  Cullis  : 

Dear  Sir,  —  I  wrote  to  3^ou  some  weeks  since,  telling 
you  of  the  great  interest  an  old  gentleman  in  Louis¬ 
ville,  Ky.,  felt  in  your  work,  and  the  great  desire  he 
felt  to  be  present  at  3"our  prayer  meetings,  also  asking 
3"Ou  to  pray  for  him.  Upon  the  receipt  of  your  letter 
stating  what  time  3^11  would  unite  in  pra3^er  for  him,  I 
sent  him  word.  His  feelings  of  gratitude  and  thanks¬ 
giving  were  such  that  he  was  completely  overcome  witli 
emotion  for  a  while,  and  unable  to  speak.  It  was  on 
Tuesday  that  prayer  was  offered  for  him,  and  I  did  not 
go  down  to  see  him  until  the  next  Thursda3^  week. 
The  last  time  I  had  seen  him  he  was  in  bed  from 
paralysis,  unable  to  do  but  very  little  for  himself,  and 
only  able  to  sit  up  when  assisted  into  the  chair.  But 
when  I  drove  up  to  his  door,  there  he  was  down  stairs 
and  read3^  to  meet  me,  standing  on  the  pavement.  He 
is  able  to  go  up  and  down  stairs,  carrying  anything  up 
he  may  want,  and  is  well.  Lie  said  when  we  first  re¬ 
ceived  3’'our  message  a  thrill  of  hope  seemed  to  go  all 
through  him.  On  Wednesda3^  morning  as  he  awoke,  a 
thrill  of  something  like  electricity  seemed  to  go  through 
and  through  his  body,  and  he  felt  he  was  well ;  and 
ever  since  he  has  been  a  difterent  person.  I  thought 
you  might  like  to  know  of  the  speedy  answer  to  your 


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pra3’ers.  Mr.  Anderson  desired  me  to  express  to  you 
his  gratitude  for  your  interest  in  him.  I  would  have 
written  to  you  ere  this,  but  have  been  here  from  home  at 
the  springs,  and  have  not  found  it  convenient.  May 
His  promise,  “  I  am  continually  with  thee,”  be  more 
and  more  realized  by  you. 

Respectfully, 

Miss  M.  L.  G. 

354  Third  St.,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Newport,  R.  I.,  Aug.  25,  1880. 

Du.  CuLLis: 

hear  Sir, —  In  my  last  letter  to  57^ou,  you  will  re¬ 
member  that  I  asked  3'ou  to  pray  for  a  dear  friend  of 
mine  that  was  afflicted  with  insanity.  I  now  write  to 
let  you  know  that  j’our  prayers  for  her  have  been  an¬ 
swered,  and  that  she  is  now  well  both  in  body  and 
mind  ;  and  will  3"OU  now  pray  that  she  may  have  rich 
spiritual  blessings,  that  she  may  have  that  perfect  love 
that  casteth  out  fear?  And  I  too  thank  3^ou  for  3^our 
pra3^ers  for  me :  the3^  have  been  answered,  and  never 
was  I  so  happ3%  and  never  was  Jesus  so  precious  to  my 
soul.  1  feel  all  the  day  long  to  praise  m3'  God  and 
Saviour  for  His  rich  grace  to  ihe,  a  poor  sinner  ;  and  I 
praise  God  for  His  love  to  3^ou,  —  He  has  given  to  3'ou 
the  rich  gift  of  faith,  and  endued  3'ou  with  power  from 
on  high,  —  and  that  He  has  made  you  the  honored  instru¬ 
ment  of  doing  so  much  for  the  honor  and  glory  of  His 
name,  and  for  the  comfort  of  His  sick  and  suffering 
poor.  Oh,  continually  pray  for  me  and  my  friend  !  We 
need  3'our  prayers,  forthe3'  avail  with  God. 


P.  T.  S. 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


99 


Bowdoinham,  Me.,  Dec.  2,  1880. 

Dear  Brother^  —  Enclosed  you  will  find  a  report  of 
Sister  Lucy  Powers’s  testimony,  given  in  a  meeting  held 
in  my  church.  It  is  a  genuine  cure,  praise  the  Lord  ! 
She  walked  three  miles  to  church  last  Sabbath. 

Yours  in  Christ, 

W.  S.  McIntire, 
Pastor  M.  E.  Church. 

A  PECULIAR  meeting  was  held  in  our  church  last  Sab¬ 
bath  evening.  It  was  devoted  to  the  testimony  of  those 
that  had  been  healed  in  answer  to  prayer.  The  meet¬ 
ing  was  opened  by  the  pastor,  by  reading  several  selec¬ 
tions  of  Scripture  illustrating  the  power  of  Christ  to 
heal  the  sick,  when  He  was  upon  earth.  After  prayer, 
selections  were  read  ’from  the  experience  of  several  that 
had  been  cured  in  answer  to  prayer.  Sister  Powers 
then  took  the  platform,  and  was  questioned  by  the 
pastor  in  relation  to  her  disease,  her  experience  with 
doctors  and  medicine,  and  her  cure  in  answer  to  prayer. 
In  substance  her  testimony  was  as  follows  :  — 

I  have  been  troubled  for  the  last  five  years  with  a 
cancer  in  my  left  side.  In  the  early  part  of  my  suffer¬ 
ing  I  consulted  a  doctor,  and  he  told  me  that  it  was 
scrofula.  My  suffering  increased,  and  I  consulted 
other  physicians,  and  they  told  me  it  was  taking  the 
form  of  a  cancer.  I  have  taken  medicine  all  the  time 
for  three  years.  My  last  physician  has  attended  me  for 
two  years.  I  have  been  relieved  b}^  the  use  of  the  med¬ 
icine,  but  have  been  assured  by  him  that  I  could  not  get 
well.  I  took  the  matter  to  the  Lord  in  prayer,  and  had 
the  assurance  that  I  should  be  cured.  Four  we(;ks  ago 


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I  went  to  Boston  and  saw  Dr.  Cullis.  I  had  two  sea¬ 
sons  of  prayer  with  him,  and  he  told  me  he  had  the 
assurance  that  1  was  cured.  Before  going  to  Boston  I 
could  not  sleep  at  all  on  my  left  side  ;  I  had  no  appetite, 
could  not  do  any  work  without  suffering  great  pain. 
The  cancer  discharged  quantities  of  blood.  I  was  so 
feeble  that  I  suffered  from  fainting  and  heart  trouble. 
I  would  have  sometimes  two  faintings  a  week  ;  in  these 
I  suffered  everything  but  death.  Since  my  return  from 
Boston  I  have  been  able  to  sleep  on  my  left  side  as  well 
as  my  right ;  my  appetite  is  as  good  as  it  was  ten  years 
ago ;  the  cancer  has  not  discharged  any  blood,  and  is 
healing.  I  can  now  do  my  work  without  au}^  trouble. 
I  have  not  had  an  attack  of  fainting  or  trouble  with  my 
heart.  The  following  is  a  copy  of  her  physician’s  let¬ 
ter  to  her  pastor  :  — 


Fkeeport,  Me.,  Nov.  5,  1880. 

Rev.  W.  S.  McIntirb  ; 

Dear  Sir^  —  Yours  of  to-day  is  at  hand,  and  in  an¬ 
swering  I  will  say :  Mrs.  Lucy  Powers  has  had  for  a 
number  of  years  a  cancer  of  the  left  breast ;  it  is  (or 
was)  called  a  scirrhus  cancer.  It  has  been  kept  meas¬ 
urably  from  growing  for  the  last  two  years  by  almost 
constantly  taking  and  applying  medicine,  etc.,  etc. 

Very  respectfully  j^ours, 

O.  W.  Norton. 

Rev.  J.  C.  Welcome,  an  Advent  preacher,  was  pres-  . 
ent,  and  testified  that  he  had  been  cured  of  a  spinal 
disease  in  answer  to  the  prayers  of  his  friends.  An¬ 
other  man  testified  that  he  knew  a  man  that  was  cured 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS.  101 

of  a  fever,  and  another  of  a  bad  sore  on  his  leg.  The 
pastor  requested  all  that  believed  that  God  would  do 
what  he  had  agreed  to,  when  all  the  conditions  were 
met,  to  rise ;  and  more  than  half  of  the  great  congre¬ 
gation  rose.  Two  requested  prayers. 

The  above  is  a  true  report  of  a  meeting  held  Nov. 
14,  1880. 

W.  S.  McIntire, 

Pastor  M.  E.  Church, 


Mattapan,  Mass.,  Jan.  7,  1881. 

Dr.  Cullis  : 

Dear  Sir^  —  I  came  to  you  the  first  of  last  June  foi 
you  to  pray  for  me  that  God  would  give  me  health,  say¬ 
ing  that  I  believed  that  God  was  willing  if  I  were  willing 
and  obedient ;  and  3^011  said,  just  to  trust  Him,  and  you 
prayed  with  me,  —  claiming  that  promisein  James  v.  14, 
15, — that  I  might  be  healed,  and  that  1  might  know  it 
before  I  left  the  house.  I  can’t  sa^^  that  1  did  know  it 
at  the  time,  but  believed  that  I  was  made  very  much 
better,  and  came  to  see  you  twice  afterwards.  Once 
you  were  not  at  home,  and  Dr.  Peck  praj^ed  with  me, 
and  the  other  time  3^ou  were  at  home,  and  3"ou  pra3"ed 
with  me  again  that  God  would  finish  the ‘healing  and 
baptize  me  with  the  Holy  Ghost. 

1  have  had  constipation  for  twent3"-five  years,  and 
female  weakness  for  the  past  eight  or  nine  3^ears,  so  that 
I  could  not  do  my  work,  had  to  keep  help,  part  of  the 
time  was  confined  to  my  bed, — with  the  exception  of 
being  made 'well  once  before  through  the  pra3"er  of  faith, 
but  it  did  not  last  long,  as  I  did  not  understand  it.  I 
should  have  written  to  you  before,  but  1  have  been  wait- 


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ing  to  see  how  I  got  along ;  and  I  feel  truly  grateful  to 
the  dear  Saviour  that  I  have  not  been  on  my  bed  sick 
since  I  came  to  you,  but  have  been  able  to  do  my  work. 
I  am  still  trusting  for  more  strength,  and  for  the  bap¬ 
tism  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  I  thank  j^ou  for  your  kind¬ 
ness,  and  may  the  l  ord  spare  3’ou  many  years  as  an 
instrument  in  His  hand  of  benefiting  mankind. 

Yours  in  Christian  love, 

Mrs.  a.  a.  B. 

Lawrence,  Jan.  17,  1881. 

Dr.  Cdllis  : 

Dear  Brother  in  Christy  —  I  received  your  sixteenth 
Annual  Report,  a  few  daj^s  ago  ;  thank  you  very  kindly 
for  sending  it.  I  have  been  thinking  for  some  time 
past  of  sending  a  thank-offering  to  you,  just  as  soon  as 
the  dear  Lord  would  furnish  me  with  means,  so  now 
here  it  is.  I  came  to  you  for  prayer  and  faith  cure 
last  March  ;  the  Lord  has  blessed  me  in  body  and  soul. 
I  do  not  have  those  terrible  sick -headache  spells  which 
I  had  been  subject  to  nearl}^  all  my  life.  I  cannot  be 
thankful  enough  for  the  blessings  received.  I  will 
praise  His  dear  name  forever.  Enclosed  please  find 
ten  dollars.  Mrs.  D.  A. 

Springdale  Road,  London, 

Stoke  Newington,  N.,  April  18,  1881. 

My  Dear  Brother  : 

I  rejoice  to  learn  that  you  have  returned  to  London. 
Let  me  say  that  after  you  prayed  over  me,  I  accepted 
the  fact  of  healing.  Until  Monday  following,  no  im¬ 
portant  change  was  manifest,  when  my  system  seemed  to 
experience  an  immediate  renovation,  and  I  have  since 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS. 


103 


then  been  more  free  from  cough  than  I  have  been  for 
years  at  this  season  of  the  3’ear.  My  general  health 
also  has  wonderfully  improved.  Last  week  I  delivered 
four  full  addresses,  and  suffer  no  inconvenience  from 
the  repeated  efforts.  Since  I  saw  3"Ou,  I  have  experi¬ 
enced  an  immediate  recover}^  from  the  effects  of  a  fall, 
a  recoveiy  which  astonishes  all  who  hear  of  it.  For- 
merl}",  I  should  no  doubt  have  been  nearly  or  quite 
laid  up  for  weeks. 

A  Rev.  -  Moore,  a  missionary  from  China, 

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brought  home  a  paralytic  wife,  who,  as  he  stated  to  me, 
had  not  been  able  even  to  stand  upon  her  feet  for  quite 
two  years.  When  about  to  send  her  to  a  hjMropathic 

hospital,  he  was  persuaded  by  Miss  G - and  m^’self 

to  depend  wholly  upon  God  in  her  behalf.  She  is  now 
able,  as  he  informed  me  last  week,  to  walk  up  and 
down  stairs,  and  is  rapidly  gaining  full  strength.  He 
is  a  most  happy  man,  and  is  expecting  to  return  to 
China,  and  proclaim  salvation  there  as  he  never  did 
before.  He  has  verj^  great  influence  among  missiona¬ 
ries  in  China.  I  hope  you  may  find  time  to  read  this 
long  epistle  without  weariness.  With  kindest  regards 
to  yourself  and  famil}", 

I  remain  yours  in  the  Lord, 

A.  M. 

Somerville,  Mass. 

Last  January,  my  daughter  had  suffered  from  spinal 
disease  for  most  seven  years.  Her  spine  was  very 
much  curved,  and  her  left  side  grown  out  a  great  deal. 
She  had  had  five  plaster-paris  jackets  put  on  her  by 
Dr.  Marcy,  of  Cambridgeport,  as  he  said  there  was  an 


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MOKE  FAITH  CURES  ; 


abscess  forming  by  the  side  of  her  spine,  and  the  only 
hope  was  that  the  jackets  would  keep  the  bones  whore 
they  were  until  the  disease  was  arrested.  When  one 
was  taken  off,  he  charged  her  not  to  walk,  or  bear  any 
weight  on  her  feet,  as  it  would  cause  her  back  to  grow 
out  more.  !She  had  five  put  on  in  less  than  six  months, 
and  the  doctor  said  if  she  did  not  continue  to  have  them 
on,  she  would  not  live  six  months.  When  they  were 
taken  olf,  she  felt  that  all  support  was  gone,  but  she 
suffered  a  great  deal  in  having  them  put  on,  and  while 
they  were  on.  When  the  last  one  was  put  on,  she  lost 
the  use  of  her  lower  limbs  eight  days  and  could  not  eat 
anything,  and  she  said  if  she  did  not  live  she  would  not 
have  another  one  on.  A  lady  who  believed  in  the 
power  of  Jesus  to  heal  the  body  now,  the  same  as  He 
did  when  He  was  here  on  earth,  if  we  could  only  come 
to  Him  by  faith,  taking  his  promise  in  James  v.,  was 
very  much  interested  for  her,  and  was  impressed,  she 
believed,  that  she  might  be  healed  by  the  prayer  of 
faith.  She  sent  her  a  report  of  Dr.  Cullis’s,  as  she  be¬ 
lieved  he  had  the  gift  of  healing  ;  but  my  daughter  hesi¬ 
tated  about  going  in  to  see  him,  as  she  thought  she  had 
not  the  required  faith.  Dr.  Cullis  sent  word  to  come 
with  what  faith  she  had.  The  27th  of  last  January,  we 
started  from  Somerville,  Union  Square.  There  were 
seven  Christians  pra3fing  for  her  that  afternoon.  Her 
back  pained  her  very  much  while  going  in,  and  when 
we  got  to  the  office  she  was  so  exhausted  I  thought 
she  would  not  live  to  get  home  unless  the  Lord  did  help 
her.  While  the  doctor  was  talking  to  her,  her  faith 
seemed  to  take  hold  of  the  promise  ;  and  while  he 
pra^^ed  with  her,  she  felt  strengthened.  He  told  her 


OR,  ANSWERS  TO  PRAYERS.  105 

when  she  got  faith  enough,  to  have  that  jacket  taken 
off.  When  she  rode  out  in  the  cars,  her  back  did  not 
pain  her,  and  she  said  she  felt  a  great  deal  better.  The 
next  day  she  said  she  would  have  the  jacket  taken  off ; 
for  if  the  Lord  healed  her,  she  should  be  just  as  strong 
without  it,  and  if  it  was  not  His  will,  the  jacket  would 
do  no  good.  In  about  half  an  hour  after  she  had  it 
taken  off,  she  walked  one  third  of  a  mile  to  meeting, 
and  after  meeting  walked  home  again,  saying  she  did 
not  feel  any  pain  in  her  back,  and  there  was  such  a 
change  in  her  countenance  that  a  great  many  spoke 
about  it.  She  was  weighed  soon  after,  and  in  two 
weeks  more  was  weighed  again,  and  had  gained  five 
pounds.  The  swelling  on  her  side  in  twenty-four  hours 
after  she  had  the  jacket  off  had  gone  down  more  than 
half,  and  the  bones  on  her  back  had  gone  more  than 
half-way  back  in  place.  She  gradually  gained,  and 
averaged  going  to  meeting  three  or  four  times  a  week, 
one  third  of  a  mile  from  home,  without  hurting  her. 

Mrs.  E.  Sarah  Tuttle. 


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